From accusations Red Bull used banned braking system to Zak Brown’s ‘poisonous’ comments, Max Verstappen says people in F1, not just Brown, should ‘focus on themselves’.

Red Bull have had to deal with a lot on and off the track this season with the start of the championship bogged down by the Christian Horner saga.

Max Verstappen tells his rivals: just focus on their own team

The team leader was investigated by Red Bull’s parent company for alleged inappropriate behavior and the charges were dismissed.

But as this continued in the background, the RB20’s dominant form from the opening rounds of the season began to fade, Red Bull announced that chief designer Adrian Newey would leave the team in 2025 and his Rivals, particularly McLaren CEO Brown, had something to say. about this.

Calling Newey “the first domino to fall”, Brown said Red Bull had been “destabilized”, that it was a “pretty toxic environment right now” and more recently spoke of there being ” a lot of poison” in a team.

He added to Motorsport: “This is an incredibly great team that, at the moment, is going in the wrong direction because of the culture. People are leaving, lots of noise, look up, a team leader makes a statement, then Helmut (Marko) makes (another).

“The drivers are not happy, the drivers’ fathers… but it’s the same factory and with a huge budget. So what has changed? The culture of the people.

Verstappen is tired of hearing comments from Brown and others.

“People who say all sorts of things should just focus on their own team,” Verstappen said. Motorsport.com. “This is nothing specifically against Zak Brown, in fact, it applies to everyone.

“People just need to focus on themselves, and that’s what I do too.”

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Max Verstappen speaks out on ‘bizarre’ braking accusations

As for accusations that Red Bull was using a banned braking system using asymmetric braking torques, Verstappen scoffed.

The FIA ​​amended article 11.1.2 of the Formula 1 technical regulations in July, banning asymmetric braking systems. With this change being made just as Red Bull’s problems with the RB20 were beginning in earnest, it was suggested that it was because they had run the brake system.

“People always come up with different things,” Verstappen said of this saga. “I find it really weird how they come up with some of these things, but it is what it is. It’s part of the game, but I usually let it go.

“I’ve been in F1 for 10 years now and I don’t waste time with all these stories. I mean, I’ve barely read anything about F1 anyway. Of course, sometimes I see something or someone else says, “Did you see what so-and-so said?”

“But I always say people can think whatever they want, I’m not going to waste my energy on that. So, I don’t really care what other people say.

Verstappen heads into the final six races of the season, starting with the United States Grand Prix 52 points ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris with 180 points still in play.

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