“Again taken out by a Mercedes”– Max Verstappen is annoyed with ugly Mercedes driving style

Tanish Chachra | 01/08/2021
"Again taken out by a Mercedes"– Max Verstappen is annoyed with ugly Mercedes driving style

“Again taken out by a Mercedes”– Max Verstappen slams Mercedes spoiling Red Bull’s prospect by causing carnage at Hungaroring.

Valtteri Bottas had the loosest hold on his brakes, which led to chaos at turn 1, where Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc, Sergio Perez, Lance Stroll and finally himself had to make an end to their race.

Out of all, even Max Verstappen took a hit but managed to skim himself out of the crash zone, but from there, Red Bull’s performance went down, and for the most of the race, the Dutch driver was out of the points zone.

In the end, only, he managed to finish at P10 and took a point home, but during the post-race interview, he slammed Mercedes for spoiling his team’s race for two consecutive races.

“Again taken out by a Mercedes. Almost impossible to drive. At least I got one point, we scored something. A lot of freak moments which are costing us a lot of points,” said Verstappen.

A crunch situation

With Lewis Hamilton grabbing the P3 points in Hungary, he is now six points ahead of Verstappen in the championship race. The last two races have been a horror for Red Bull, as they could only take one point out of them.

Thus, they now stand ten points behind Mercedes in the constructors’ championship race. So, while the F1 season will resume in Spa, the intensity of the competition is only rising.

Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
Max Verstappen Mercedes Red Bull

About the author

Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

Don’t miss these