Red Bull Advised To “Calm That Down” Amid Threatened Max Verstappen’s Emotional Breakdown

Sabyasachi Biswas | 03/05/2023
Red Bull Advised To “Calm That Down” Amid Threatened Max Verstappen’s Emotional Breakdown

Red Bull is expected to be under immense pressure from Max Verstappen after their strategic blunder cost him the win in Azerbaijan. The Dutchman, who’s an extremely emotional individual, is expected to be feisty over what happened in the recently concluded race weekend.

Talking about this, Johnny Herbert and Billy Monger advised the defending champions to “Calm That Down” before the sport goes to Miami. Speaking at the Lift The Lid Podcast on Apple, Herbert urged the team to calm the Dutchman down despite what he has been through in Baku.

The F1 experts emphasized how the call cost Verstappen his win but also asked the two-time champion to “iron out” all the issues before the fifth round in the United States of America begins.

Admittedly, the dutch pilot had a rough weekend in Azerbaijan. The 25-year-old not only failed to pick up any pole positions despite having the mighty RB-19, but also couldn’t claim any wins.

Verstappen is a different character, believes Herbert

Often portrayed as a hot-headed individual as seen in a recent verbal brawl with George Russell, Verstappen is a different character, believes former F1 hotshot Herbert.

The former British racing driver is of the opinion that the Dutchman is the type of character who “dismisses” everything that happened last weekend and then gets in the car for the next race positively.

F1 will venture to the United States for the first of three races this season. This will be the second Miami Grand Prix after its inauguration last year, with two more races to come in Austin and Las Vegas later this season.

Max Verstappen showed uncharacteristic gestures in Baku

As the 25-year-old driver crossed the chequered flag in Baku, fans waited for Verstappen’s radio. This was because the team strategy cost him a much-needed win for the world championship, and they expected him to vent out his frustrations.

However, the former Toro Rosso man was uncharacteristically calm. As he was told on the radio about the blunder in strategy, he reacted rather surprisingly to talk about learning a lot from the mistakes.

Furthermore, after getting out of the car, he showed his class by congratulating his teammate for the win. Someone who was angry in Saudi Arabia after finishing second shook hands and clicked a picture with Perez despite seeing his lead shrink to just six points.

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Sabyasachi Biswas

Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 journalist at The SportsRush. With over one and a half decades of love for the sport and five years of experience in the field, he dreams to be a regular at the paddock when the lights go out. A Red Bull fan and F1 fan in general over the years, he enjoyed watching Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel, and Max Verstappen dominate the track. Apart from F1, he's also a big-time Madridista and Federer fanatic. He was a sub-junior level footballer, won inter-district quizzes and debate competitions back in school. A travel freak throughout, he tries different cuisines and learns new cultures whenever he's away from the keyboard.

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