Jos Verstappen won the Hannuit Ral🉐ly, the race which kept him away from the F1 paddock as the Red Bull drama developed.

The father of Max Verstappen, aged 51, won 10 out of 12 staಌges over the weekend, with fellow driver Renaud Jam⛄oul.

Jos was behind the wheel of a Skoda Fabia 𒀰RS Rally2 sponsored by Red Bull, and wore oveඣralls also adorned by the famous brand.

After beating the runnerﷺ-up by 58 seconds, Jos reacted: “I’m ver🌞y happy.

“We learned a lot and the teamജ operated fantastic. The collaboration with Renaud is ama🅘zing so it couldn’t be better.

“It’s the first time driving this rꦕally but it’s a great event with beautiful stages and a couple of really difficult one🎃s.

“For exa𓆏mple, the cobblestones are really slippery. Because it was our firs🅷t time, we learned a lot.

“We made some cha𒉰ngeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs to the car and I was happy with them. It went really well!”

His participation in the Hannuit Rally meant that he was not present at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which was won by his son M🌟ax.

Days ear♓lier, Jos ꧋had explosively weighed in on the saga surrounding Christian Horner.

He claimed the F1 team risked beཧing “torn apart” if their team principal stayed, and he accused Horner𒐪 of “playing the victim”.

Horner has been cleared of wrongdoing by an independent lawyer after accusations a🍎gainst him, and his accuser has now been suspended by Red Bull.

In Saudi Arabia, F1 champion Max was hit with awkward🐬 que🉐stions about the relationship between his dad and his boss.

“I guess he [Jos] clearly felt like that,” Max said. “But from my side, it does൩n’t matter being♌ on one side or the other side.

“As a son of my dad’s it would be weird t꧋o be on a different side [than him]. But I just want to focus on the performance side of things and have less talk of what we are doinꦏg outside of the track than actual performance.”

Jos is back in action this weekend at the de Rally des Ardennes, the second round of the Belgian Rally Champi🔯onship.