“He shouldn’t publish it on his son’s website”– Helmut Marko right away called Max Verstappen’s father after unwarranted Red Bull criticism

Tanish Chachra | 02/07/2022
"He shouldn’t publish it on his son’s website"– Helmut Marko right away called Max Verstappen's father after unwarranted Red Bull criticism

Helmut Marko reveals he called Max Verstappen’s father Jos Verstappen right away for his comments criticizing Red Bull.

Jos Verstappen has hardly been kind to Red Bull. Maybe because the former F1 driver wants the best for his son, but even when the Milton-Keynes-based team is at its best, it’s no escaping the wrath of Jos.

Jos said on his son’s official website that Red Bull “threw away” points in Monaco. “Red Bull achieved a good result,” said former F1 driver Jos, “but at the same time exerted little influence to help Max to the front.”

These comments didn’t go well with Red Bull chief Helmut Marko. He reveals that he instantly called Jos and stated how displeased he is with his comments.

“Jos is great and that’s why Max has come this far,” Marko, 79, told De Limburger newspaper. “When Max came to Formula 1, at the beginning it was sometimes not easy with Jos. He had an opinion about everything – and still does, by the way,” he smiled.

“It creates resentment within the team and gives your journalists something to write about,” he said.

“I called him right away – ‘What is this, Jos?’ Again, everyone can have their own opinion, including Jos. But he shouldn’t publish it on his son’s website. “He said, ‘Yes, but I am the father’, which is fine but don’t do it in that way.

“Anyway, Jos is Jos,” Marko insisted. “He can sometimes get angry quickly and none of that is going to change.”

Also read: F1 Twitter reacts as Max Verstappen and Red Bull do not get a warm welcome at Silverstone circuit

Red Bull aims for yet another win

In the past few races, Red Bull has dominated the championship fight. Ferrari with its reliability and poor strategies has been suffering to prevent the leakage of points.

Going ahead, Red Bull looks favourite to win the race, because of their solid setup. However, Ferrari and Mercedes have both brought up upgrades, which are expected to improve their performances.

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Post Edited By: Samriddhi Jaiswal
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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.

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