Max Verstappen’s anger at Sergio Perez crash revealed by Netflix, but a key talking point was ignored
The fifth series of ‘Drive To Survive’ captured Verstappen storming past Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko, furio𒀰us that Perez caused a red flag in qualifyi♒ng for last year’s F1 Monaco Grand Prix.
Later in 2022, Verstappen would cite Monaco as th🐠e reason that he was unwilling to follow team orders to assist Perez🦂 in an unexpected bust-up, but this talking point was ignored by the Netflix show.
F1 champion Verstappen, after previously being critical of ‘Drive To Survive’, was partaking in the series ꦇfor the first time.
He said in an interview with Netflix about Perez’s crash: “It was not a great🅺 moment for the team. There was a red flag when♎ Checo had ‘a moment’.
“It is annoying but what can you do…”
After his fury in the paddock was filmed, team p🍌rincipal Christian Horner was told: “That will have pissed him off, Vers🌠tappen.”
Horner replied: “It definitely upset him, yeah.”
Horne📖r told Netflix✅ about Perez’s crash: “He got greedy and made a mistake.”
Perez said: 🌠“Qualifying didn’t go according to plan. Really sad. It’s a frustrating situation. The team i🍒s very down, things are not great.”
Marko was filmed after Monaco qualifying saying: “Now we ♐have to hope for r🌞ain.”
Horner replied: “Yeah.”
Perez would go on to win the F1 Monaco Grand Prix and w🎉ould sign a new contract with Red Bull afterwards.
Shockingly later in a season where Red Bull would win the constructors’ championship and steer Verstappen to the drivers’ championship, their No 1 driver bluntly refused team orders to let Perez pass in Brazil to help him claim second-place i💖n the F1 standings.
However, this momen🌄t and the fall-out were ignorꦅed by ‘Drive To Survive’.
The pressure that Perez was under in the early🥂 stages of 2022 was detailed.
The Mexican had played a key role at the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix by holding up 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, and allowing Verstappen to make up time.
But Horner said in a Netflix interview at the start of last season: “Checo knows that, in this business, dec♌isions a𝄹ren’t made with the heart. They are made with the head.
“People have short memories. He has one year left on𒁃 his deal and, if by spring he isn’t cutting it, then we’ll have to look ꦐoutside.
“Checo sa꧒id to me that having Max as a teammate is a head-f*** because you look at the data and he’s doing it fa♎ster. You think ‘how the hell did he do that!’
꧅“At 32 years of age, he is in the senior years of his career. You start to see cracks.
“Sometimes as a team p꧟rincipal you have to make big calls.
“Probably half the grid would like to be in the team. Whether it be 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris could be on the market, even 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda.”
Verstappen said to Netflix: “If you are not performing, you’re out. There are a lo✤t of talents out there who deserve a shot.”
Perez a🎃dmitted his concern: “Red Bull can have any driver, basically, that they want. I am a bit worried. But I just th🌳ink about delivering. I hope Red Bull appreciate it.”
But then came the F1 Monaco Grand Prix last year, which Perez won🌊 to earn a new deal.
This season, t𒆙he Red Bull duo of Verstappen and Perez will enter the season-opening F1 Bahrain Grand Prix looking like the drivers to beat after an ominous showing at preseason testing.
James was a sports jour♑nalist at Sky Sports for a de♛cade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
