Max Verstappen has shared his views on recent major departures at Red Bull Racing in an exclusive interview with Motorsport, insisting that it is impossible to retain key figures in a team indefinitely. Six months later, the situation seems to have calmed down and the positions of the starters will be filled via internal promotions, notably with the rise in rank of Gianpiero Lambiase, Verstappen’s race engineer. “Well, we didn’t handle that very well!” he first said in a joking tone. “As I’ve always said, I wish everyone had stayed, but at the end of the day, you can’t lock people out. If you force them to stay when they don’t really want to be here anymore, If they’re disappointed or don’t get everything they want, it might be better for them to take on a new challenge elsewhere. Even if for the team as a whole, it would have been better if everything stayed the same. the state,” laments Verstappen.
Verstappen shows his confidence in Red Bull’s technical direction
“It has always been this way with successful teams, competition eventually [en recruter les membres]. This is the case in all sporting disciplines. And some people receive such big offers from other teams that that also plays a role,” continues the Dutch driver. Verstappen therefore displays a certain confidence in the technical direction of the post-Newey team, especially as he claims to have an excellent relationship with the one who is currently in post, the Frenchman Pierre Waché. “[La relation] is very good, Pierre and I talk a lot. When I’m at the factory, I always meet him. He is very motivated and I like being involved. Things are working pretty well, it’s just that the results are not up to our expectations at the moment. It’s up to us to fix it as a team.” confides the Red Bull leader. “I am convinced that people know what they are doing, they have already shown it. Other teams also have very good people, but I don’t think that’s the problem yet. We just took a wrong turn, so it was time to hit the ‘reset’ button and go another direction.” “At the end of the day, it’s not two or three people that make the difference. It’s the collective that makes the difference. Everyone has to get involved and work well in their role, that’s the most important thing. important”, says Verstappen, satisfied that things are back to normal and now ready to battle in the home stretch which will begin next weekend in Austin in the United States.
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Max Verstappen has shared his views on recent major departures within Red Bull Racing, insisting that it is impossible to retain key figures in a team indefinitely. Verstappen is satisfied that things are back to normal.
