{"id":3684,"date":"2025-07-17T20:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/3684\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T20:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:29:07","slug":"controversial-claim-about-max-verstappen-sparks-response-from-red-bull-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/3684\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial claim about Max Verstappen sparks response from Red Bull driver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Isack Hadjar concedes Max Verstappen is \u201cvery fast\u201d in \u201chis car\u201d after Zak Brown proclaimed Red Bull would be behind Racing Bulls without the Dutchman.<\/p>\n

A lot has been said about Verstappen\u2019s Formula 1 future after George Russell revealed the Dutchman is in \u201congoing\u201d conversations with Toto Wolff about a move to Mercedes.<\/p>\n

Isack Hadjar: Max Verstappen in the Red Bull is very fast, it\u2019s his car<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher<\/p>\n

Losing the four-time World Champion would be a huge blow to Red Bull<\/a> as Verstappen has been their standout driver in the years since Daniel Ricciardo\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s won four World titles and 60 grands prix since, while his five team-mates have managed a combined total of five race wins.<\/p>\n

This season, Verstappen is alone in scoring big points for Red Bull with 165 on the board<\/a>, all but seven of Red Bull\u2019s tally.<\/p>\n

It had Brown warning the Milton Keynes team that it would hurt them to lose him.<\/p>\n

\u201cRed Bull would be behind Racing Bulls,\u201d McLaren CEO Zak Brown declared to Sky F1. \u201cI think Max is carrying them at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

But while Liam Lawson feels Brown oversimplified the situation<\/a>, Hadjar concedes Verstappen can pull performances out of the Red Bull F1 cars that others simply cannot.<\/p>\n

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Put to him that Lawson said Brown doesn\u2019t know what he is saying, Hadjar told media including PlanetF1.com: \u201cI think Max in the Red Bull is very fast. It\u2019s his car, and he drives it to the absolute limit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a more efficient car in high-speed corners. It\u2019s a faster car, but it\u2019s apparently hard to exploit most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hadjar\u2019s early-season team-mate Yuki Tsunoda is finding that out. He\u2019s scored seven points in his 10 races with Red Bull, putting him on 10 for the season, 11 behind Hadjar in the more forgiving Racing Bulls car.<\/p>\n

He was asked if he would be open to swapping with the Japanese driver before the season is over.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment I\u2019m not doing\u2026 It\u2019s not like I\u2019m in total control,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m scoring points every weekend and still lots to learn, so it makes more sense to stay where I\u2019m at the moment, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still in his rookie season, the 20-year-old acknowledges that if he was at Red Bull right now, he\u2019d be on the back foot every weekend as a rookie up against a four-time World Champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat means you would start the weekend on the back foot all the time, because he gets in the rhythm, he\u2019s very explosive. He gets in the rhythm very fast,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will always have to make up that time and try and get there.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo definitely a different approach, something I never experienced because I never faced a four-time World Champion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hadjar is reportedly the favourite to join Red Bull next season, replacing Tsunoda.<\/p>\n

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