Max Verstappen confirmed Thursday that he was not satisfied with the ruthless driver exchange of Red Bull for the Japanese Grand Prix, saying that his approval of an article on social networks criticizing the movement “speaks of itself”. The quadruple world champion has a new teammate in Suzuka after Yuki Tsunoda replaced Liam Lawson’s underperforming two weeks after the Formula One season. Red Bull was criticized for not having given Lawson enough time, with the former F1 pilot Giedo Van der Garde on social networks that this decision was “intimidation, or a panic decision”. Verstappen put a “similar” to the post of Van der Garde and told journalists that it was “not a mistake”. “I liked the commentary, the text, so I guess he talks about himself, right?” Verstappen said on the Suzuka circuit,
“Everything was shared with the team, how I think of everything.
“Sometimes it is not necessary to always share and to say everything in public. I think it’s better.”
Lawson had been promoted by Red Bull Rb’s sister team at the end of last season and now returns, Tsunoda going in the other direction.
The two Lawson races for Red Bull, Melbourne and Shanghai, were on tracks on which he had never run before.
“I think that for recruits, still at the start of the season, you have the calendar these days, and F1 is very difficult,” said Verstappen.
“Because most of the songs, they didn’t really drive, or they may have a sprint weekend.
“So all these scenarios, they don’t help.”
Verstappen is second in the pilot championship, eight points behind Lando Norris of McLaren, after finishing second in Australia and fourth in China.
McLaren has won the two GPS and clearly has a performance advantage over a Bull Red considered to be difficult to drive, but Verstappen has won the Japanese Grand Prix in the past three years.
“I think our main problem is that our car is not where we want it to be,” said Verstappen.
“I think everyone knows it also within the team, and that’s what I am focusing on, to be honest.”
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