Red Bull need to do better - Verstappen

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Max Verstappen says Red Bull “need to do a amended job” and that he sees nary request to apologise for a bid of bad-tempered power messages during nan Hungarian Grand Prix.

The world champion many times criticised his squad complete nan radio, often utilizing committedness words, during a title successful which he vanished 5th pursuing a collision pinch Lewis Hamilton.

Verstappen said: “I don’t deliberation we request to apologise. We conscionable request to do a amended job.

“I don’t cognize why group deliberation you can’t beryllium vocal connected nan radio. This is simply a sport. If immoderate group don’t for illustration that, enactment home.”

Asked for his consequence to criticisms that he was excessively disrespectful to his team, he utilized a committedness connection to propose group should spell away.

His anger was directed astatine nan truth that successful title successful which his Red Bull was already not accelerated capable to situation nan McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, who vanished one-two, nan squad made what he considered strategy errors that doubly demoted him down Hamilton - and nan 2nd clip besides down Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

His frustrations were enhanced by nan truth that Red Bull had a awesome upgrade connected their car successful Hungary but they had still not recovered their position arsenic nan fastest successful nan field.

“I already said yesterday possibly immoderate group are not connected nan aforesaid wavelength,” he said. “It’s arsenic terrible arsenic it is. I knew it was going to beryllium a difficult title and beating McLaren would beryllium reliable but you astatine slightest request to get a P3 complete nan statement and moreover that we couldn’t do.”

The consequence reduced his title lead complete Norris to 76 points and Red Bull’s complete McLaren’s successful nan constructors’ title to 51.

Trying to walk Hamilton successful nan closing stages of nan race, nan brace collided.

Verstappen, who has been called to nan stewards to reappraisal nan incident, said nan Mercedes driver had caused it because he was breaking nan rules by changing his statement nether braking.

Hamilton based on that he was simply turning into nan area connected his normal line. The stewards agreed and took nary further action against either driver.

Asked whether his frustrations pinch nan title had spilt complete to origin nan incident, Verstappen said: “I don’t deliberation so. I went for a move that was afloat on. But past successful nan mediate of nan braking area erstwhile I’m already committed to nan move he keeps turning correct and if I wouldn’t person turned while braking consecutive I would person made interaction pinch him.

“So astatine 1 constituent people I fastener up because he keeps connected turning to nan right.”

Verstappen was launched complete Hamilton’s beforehand wheel, but he managed to transportation connected to decorativeness 5th successful nan race, dropping down Leclerc again.

He made a reference to nan criticisms he had been subjected to successful his collision pinch Norris successful nan Austrian Grand Prix 2 races ago, for which he was fixed a 10-second penalty.

“People made a batch astir what happened successful Austria was not correct, I was moving nether braking, blah, blah, blah,” Verstappen said, “but that’s connected nan first move and past you clasp your instrumentality rather straight.

“And I felt now it wasn’t connected nan first move it was after, during nan braking. You cannot do that erstwhile personification is committed to nan inside.”

He laid nan blasted for nan consequence connected nan team’s mistakes pinch strategy.

“We could still person had a P3 but nan incorrect strategy calls put maine connected nan backmost ft wherever perpetually I had to conflict group and overtake,” he said.

“But nan way is really basking and arsenic soon arsenic you get adjacent to cars nan tyres overheat.

“Maybe nan squad didn’t realise what they did incorrect aliases they didn’t spot it was truthful terrible but successful nan car you person besides different feelings.”

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