News Details

Red Bull explain ‘marginal’ call behind Verstappen team order

© XPB  Phillip van Osten 02/06/2025 at 15:0902/06/2025 at 14:17 Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has explained why the team instructed Max Verstappen to hand back a position to George Russell in the tense closing stages of Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix – a call that ultimately contributed to Verstappen’s controversial clash with the Mercedes driver. The incident, which resulted in a 10-second penalty and three penalty points for Verstappen, saw the Dutchman drop from a potential podium to 10th at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. While Horner declined to directly address Verstappen’s lunge into Russell at Turn 5 – as he hadn’t spoken with the Dutchman by the...
Full Story »
1mo ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Verstappen hopes flexi-clampdown helps Red Bull

May 26 Red Bull figures hope the team's return to form gets back on...
1mo ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Max Verstappen: Red Bull improvement more essential...

Max Verstappen believes that there should be a greater onus on Red Bull...
1mo ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Max Verstappen: Red Bull still chasing Imola-level...

Max Verstappen says Red Bull has yet to regain the balanced feel of the...
1mo ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Red Bull aiming to ‘hang onto McLaren's...

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has admitted the team "must hang onto...
1mo ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Aprilia preparing test for Jorge Martin ahead return...

Aprilia is prepared to organise a special test for MotoGP World Champion...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Jorge Martin continues dispute with Aprilia over 2026...

Reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Martin has continued his 2026...

Gresini reveals extent of Alex Marquez's injuries...

Gresini Racing team manager Michele Masini revealed the extent of Alex...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

RLL having to ‘unwind’ and ‘backtrack’...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing is making a concerted effort to move...

IndyCar will not return to Thermal Club in 2026...

According to comments made by Thermal Club founder and owner Tim Rogers,...

Malukas’ recovery drive secures Foyt’s best team...

During Sunday’s IndyCar race at Road America, David Malukas was the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal will look to improve squad if they can offload...

Arsenal will only dip into the transfer market for a left-sided attacker...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Fabrizio Romano: Arsenal have completed deal for...

After completing the signing of Kepa earlier this week, Arsenal have now...
5h ago from FreshArsenal.com

'Would be going against the grain of what Chelsea are...

Former Chelsea defender Frank Sinclair reckons the Blues would be making a...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal handed boost as top target set to reject...

Valencia centre-back Cristhian Mosquera, an Arsenal target, will...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.