The “really worrying thing” about the RB20’s demise pointed out to Max Verstappen

"The frustration will be if a disconnect between him anꦰd the team em𝔍erges"

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen is “angry” and “frustrated” but has been told that hi⭕s woes will worsen if Red Bull’s problems continue into next year.

The F1 champion started this season as dominant as he ended last year, but his RB20 has experienced a shocking slump at reᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚcent rounds.

Now unusually winꦡles♏s in six rounds and with his drivers’ championship lead shrinking, Verstappen’s travails at last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix have been debated.

“For team morale it’s awful to finish 37 seconds behind the race leader, with your teammate a further two places and 13 seconds further back,” Natalie Pinkh🌠am told the Sky F1 podcast.

“This was a race where he took his 10th consecutiv꧙e win last yea💞r. What a difference a year makes.

“For Max, the frustration will be if a disconnect b🌌etween him and the team emerges.

“If he’s giving feedback to the team, as early as China, saying ‘we are going down thღe wrong route, there are fundamental problems with this car’ then you can’t expect to iron those out.

“It’s gone from dominant to a monster in less than half a season. 💮It must be frustrating for him.

“He’s not used to not winning,🤪 so he’s digging deep. He is taking great results, like Zandvoort, in spite of♉ the car, not because of the car.

“We are seeing a different type of drive from Verstappen. He is digging deep, doing the best he can with one ar🅰m behind his back, with limited machiner﷽y.

“We are learning 🌃about him as a driver but he will geꦚt frustrated.

“The really worrying thing is if ꧅this inevitably carries on into 2025.”

'You see him getting angry a lot'

After doubt amid Red Bull’s internal chaos - which engulfed Christian Horner, Jos Verstappen☂ and Helmut Marko - Verstappen has committed to staying with the team next season.

But, Mercedes’ Toto Wolff has not stopped mentioning Verst꧅appen as a possible future target.

For now💮, Nico Rosberg has noticed the visible anger displayed by Verstappen.

“He will be shocked. You ca🦩n see him getting angry a lot. After the slow pitstop in Monza he was hitting ඣthe steering wheel in the race,” Rosberg said.

“He is getti💙ng angry and impatient because he is only used to win🔯ning.

♕“The whole team is impatient, the stress leve🃏ls rise and the panic rises.

“It’s frustrating because they don’t know what’s⛄ goingꦛ on, they don’t understand.

“In Zandvoort they still finished second fair and square. They had a good car, only beateꦬn by Lando.

“Monza is a complete outlier so we shouldn’t focus too much on the p⛦erformance൲ deltas.

“Although, all the tracks coming up are outlierꦉs - Baku, Singapo🀅re…

“I still think he can race for second♍-place, may꧟be the odd win, in the next couple of races.”

Verstappen’s lead in the drivers’ standings has been 🅷cut to 62 points by Lando Norris.

🦩Red Bull lead McLaren by just eight points in the constructors’.

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