{"id":620862,"date":"2026-04-22T10:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/620862\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:48:10","slug":"ralf-schumacher-plays-down-jos-verstappen-row-after-bullsht-jibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/620862\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralf Schumacher plays down Jos Verstappen row after bullsh*t jibe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(GMM) Ralf Schumacher has played down his spat with Jos Verstappen (pictured)\u00a0 after being accused of talking \u201ca lot of bullsh*t\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The row erupted after Schumacher criticized the situation at Red Bull, saying \u201cthings are really bad there\u201d and suggesting Max Verstappen is missing the influence of Dr Helmut Marko.<\/p>\n<p>Jos Verstappen hit back on social media, prompting Schumacher to respond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course that\u2019s not easy,\u201d Ralf told <a href=\"https:\/\/sport.sky.de\/formel-1\/artikel\/backstage-boxengasse-der-formel-1-podcast-von-sky\/12235647\/35311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sky Deutschland<\/a>. \u201cI found that statement interesting, and of course we have to talk about it \u2013 we\u2019ve already been in contact,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like Jos, I like Max \u2013 so everything is fine. And I think it\u2019s a difficult time for both of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Schumacher hinted the reaction may have been overly strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, the way it\u2019s being said comes across a bit aggressive. And I think that\u2019s the most important point,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also stood by his original view that Marko\u2019s absence is being felt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr Helmut Marko was someone who acted as a spokesperson for Red Bull and could explain situations like this,\u201d Schumacher said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s missing a bit at the moment \u2013 and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s always Max\u2019s job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the exchange, Schumacher insisted there is no deeper issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a problem. I actually think it\u2019s fine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(GMM) Ralf Schumacher has played down his spat with Jos Verstappen (pictured)\u00a0 after being accused of talking \u201ca&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-620862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}