According to former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya, Red Bull has a“Intens conversation”led with Max Verstappen prior to the race in Canada to protect the Dutchman from a suspension.
Verstappen started the race weekend in Canada with eleven penalty points behind his name. This means that the Dutchman is only one point away from a suspension of 1 race. Also during the next Grand Prix in Austria, the home race of Verstappen’s employer Red Bull Racing, Verstappen is still sharp. After the race in Austria, two penalty points will expire on Verstappens racing license and the Dutchman therefore has a little more play during the remaining thirteen Grand Prix weekends of this season.
“Red Bull had an intense conversation with Verstappen”
That Verstappen closed the race weekend in Canada without penalt points is, according to the Colombian former driver, attributed to one“Intens conversation”That Red Bull conducted the Dutchman prior to the Racing Weekend in Montreal.“The prospect of a suspension influences how Max drives”, Montoya started at Casinohawks.
“The last thing Max needs now is not racing. Max had the pace to perhaps attempt against George. He was ahead of the McLaren. He scored points. And I am quite sure that there was an intense conversation at Red Bull about how he should behave this weekend. They certainly did not just continue with Business As usual”, Montoya added.
“The conversation would have gone roughly as follows:” We will just continue racing in public, but Max, we cannot afford any mistakes. We cannot afford to get up the driver’s championship
Give because of a sanction. Just make sure you finish. ” He had a good start, but he never attacked, he never attacked. Normally you see Max giving everything in the first round, but he didn’t. He was very emotionally controlled in the way he approached the race ”, according to the former driver.
