Red Bull have denied a theory from Martin Brundle that Max Verstappen intentionally drove slower lꦜast weekend at Zandvoor💖t.

Verstappen was beaten to victory at t🐽he F1 Dutch Grand Priꦇx by Lando Norris by an eye-opening margin of 22 seconds.

It caused Sky Sports br🍌oadcaster Brundle to speculaꦇte: “I would hazard a guess that it was not as fast as Max could go.

“He knew he couldn’t beat Lando.

“Dropping back a bit like that… it’s going to give the factory a ‘ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhurry up’, I’d be sure of that.”

However, Red Bull’s Helmut Marko has now�🌳� had a say.

“Martin Brundle's assumption that Max was deliberately driving slowly is not true, youꩵ can't say that,” Marko told𒁃 .

“But when he saw that L꧂ando was up and away, he didn't risk anything anymore.”

Starting at Monza this weekend🌟, for the F1 It𒁃alian Grand Prix, Red Bull know they must hit back against McLaren’s form.

Their lead in the constructors’ championship has been cut to just 30 points, while Verstappen leads Norris by 70 points in the drivers’ standi🗹ngs.

Marko iꦑnsisted: “We now have to bring the balance back into the car. We're working hard, but it's difficult to say exactly when and how much new stuff will be added to﷽ the car.

“We just have to find our way back, because until the race in Shanghai or Suzuka, we had a car that 💛was superior and optimal in terms of balance.

“If we manage to do that again, the drivers' confidence will be back, the car will🎀 slip less and the tyre wear will be more moderate.

“So it's not so much aওbout simply finding new parts. We need the predictability of the car that we had at the beginning of the season.

𒈔“It also has nothing to do with the tuning, rather something has come up with the new parts that has turned the balance into a n𒁃egative.

“We'll see how it goes in Monza, I obviously expect McLaren to be strong ꦚagain.

“But I hope that we can become more equal and fight for victory, because in🔴 Zandvoort you have toℱ admit that we were outclassed.

“I🌳f things continue like this, then the championship is in danger.”

Marko added that he retains belief Red Bull can find the answ🦂ers to their recent problems.

The constructors’ champi♎onship might depend on it.