Awkward moment Jos Verstappen blanked Sergio Perez hints at underlying tension
Jos Verstappen, the father of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, was caught on camera awkwardly refusing to join in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez’s victory celebrations in Jeddah.
Perez, fresh off winnꦐing the second race of 2023 from pole position in front of Max, leapt 🌟into the arms of several jubilant Red Bull team members.
But among the celebratio🍃ns stood Verstappen’s father, Jos, who did not smile or reach out to greet Perez.
It was a reminder of the underlyin🐈g tension between Red Bull’s two drivers which boiled over at t🃏he end of last season.
Max refused team orders to let Perez through, insisting it was retribution for Perez’s༒ crash in Monaco qualifying earlier in the year. The shock bust-up, with Red Bull cru💃ising to the drivers’ and constructors’ championship, was solved by a chat and a handshake but might not be forgotten yet.
In Saudi Arabia, race-winner Perez later revealed unhappiness at how Red Bull deওalt with the fastest lap, and the extra point that comes with it.
Verstappen eventually took the fastest lap and the bonus point, despite Perez 🌊thinking he already had it in th꧋e bag.
Verstappen and Perez have each won a race in the opening two grands prix of 2023 - Red Bull are dominating, ♑but are doing so with bubbling tension between their two drivers.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, ✃to football,꧋ to F1.
