Formula 1: Max Verstappen’s dad accuses team of favouring Sergio Perez: Max Verstappen’s dad, Jos Verstappen has surprisingly accused Red Bull of ‘favouring’ Sergio Perez after the Mexican won his first-ever Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday. Current championship leader Max Verstappen finished P3, and this has irked his dad. Follow Formula 1 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Following the race, a disappointed Jos Verstappen said “Red Bull achieved a good result. But at the same time exerted little influence to help Max to the front. That he finished third, he owes to Ferrari’s mistake at that second stop of Charles Leclerc.”
Formula 1: Internal RIFT in Red Bull? Max Verstappen’s dad accuses team of FAVOURING Sergio Perez in Monaco GP
“The championship leader, Max, was not helped in that sense by the chosen strategy. It turned completely to Checo’s [Perez] favour. That was disappointing to me. And I would have liked it to be different for the championship leader. Perez actually won the race because of the earlier pit stop. The team can perhaps explain that as a gamble, but they had already seen, with for example Gasly, that the intermediates were the best option at the time,” he further added.
The Mexican driver won his first-ever Monaco GP and his third race overall in his Formula 1 career. The race was struck by rain and the Red Bull driver took advantage of error’s done by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.
Sergio Perez wins a HECTIC Monaco Grand Prix 🏁 pic.twitter.com/7C7yOdByfq
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Formula 1: Internal RIFT in Red Bull? Max Verstappen’s dad accuses team of FAVOURING Sergio Perez in Monaco GP
Back in the Spanish GP, Perez was frustrated with his team Red Bull for changing the strategy and letting Verstappen win in Barcelona. The Mexican was even told that he would get his place back in Spain but it didn’t happen as Max went on to win in Barcelona.
However, Monaco was a complete turnaround as the strategy played out beautifully in Perez’s hands. Meanwhile, Red Bull now leads with 235 points in the Constructors’ standings and Ferrari is placed second with 199 points.
On the other hand, Sergio Perez is third in the Drivers’ standings with 110 points and has cut the deficit to second-placed Charles Leclerc who has 116 points to his name. Moreover, Max Verstappen leads the charts with 125 points.
Formula 1: Internal RIFT in Red Bull? Max Verstappen’s dad accuses team of FAVOURING Sergio Perez in Monaco GP
