George Russell and Max Verstappen are certainly not the best of friends, and it doesn't look like things are going to get any better by 2025. On the contrary...
The year has barely begun, and Russell has already dropped a bombshell on his rival's turf, which will certainly not go unanswered.
According to the Briton, Verstappen, with his fits of anger, is driving a quarter of Red Bull Racing's engineers to Mercedes, and the rest to other teams...
"I don't question his abilities, his driving style, but the moment he no longer has the fastest car, or if he hits Lewis Hamilton, for example, then everyone will immediately be at fault, except him. He shouts at his entire team and loses control... That's when it happens, like after the Hungarian Grand Prix, where almost the next day, the CVs of 25% of their engineering team ended up at Mercedes, but many also applied to McLaren and Aston Martin. They are incapable of working with a guy like that!
Christian Horner categorically rejected Russell's claims, pointing out that Red Bull has long-term contracts with its key engineers, so even the idea is flawed. He also warned George Russell that it would be best for him to focus on himself.
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