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, furious that Perez caused a red flag in qual🦹ifying for last year’s F1 Monaco Grand Prix.
Later in 2022, Veꩵrstappen would cite Monaco as the reason that he was unwilling to follow team orders to assist Perez in an unexpected bust-up, but t𒆙his talking point was ignored by the Netflix show.
F1 champion Verstappen, after previously being critical of ‘Drive To Survivജe’, was partaking in the series for 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 moဣment’.
“It is annoying but what can you do…”
After his fur൲y in the paddock was filmed, team p♔rincipal Christian Horner was told: “That will have pissed him off, Verstappen.”
Horner replied: “It definitely upset him, yeah.”
Horner told Netflix abo♍ut Perez’꧟s crash: “He got greedy and made a mistake.”
Perez said: “Qualifying didn’t go according to plan.𓆉 Really sad. It’s a frustrating situation. Tꦅhe team is very down, things are not great.”
Marko was filmed🐻 after Monaco qualifying saying: “Now we have to hope for rain.”
Horner replied: “Yeah.”
🧸Perez would go on to win the F1 Monaco Grand Prix and would 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-placꩲe in the F1 standings.
However, this moment and the fall-out were ignored by ౠ‘Drive To Survive’.
The pre🐼ssure 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, decisions aren’t made with the he📖art. They are made with the head.
“People have short memories. He has one year left on his deal and, if by spring he isn’t cutting it, then we’ll have to look ﷽outside.
“Checo said to me that having Max as a teammate is a heaꩵd-f*** because you look at the data and he’s doing it faster. 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.
“Sometim🏅es as a team principal you have to൲ 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, y𒁏ou’re out. There are a lot of talents out there who deserve a shot.”
Perez admitted his concern: “Red Bull can have a♍ny driver, basically, that they want. I am a bit worried. But I just think about delivering. I hope Red Bull appreciate it.”
But then came the F1 Monaco Grand Prix last year, which Perꦇez won to earn a new deal.
This season, the Red Bull dꦉuo of Verstappen and Perez will enter the season-opening F1 Bahrain Grand Prix looking like the drivers to beat aft🦋er an ominous showing at preseason testing.
James was a s🎐ports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
