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Max Verstappen's father Jos has stated that it is possible his son could leave Red Bull if the problems with the car persist. The young Dutchman retired from his sixth race of the season after another engine problem forced the teen to pull to the side of the track early on during the Belgian Grand Prix.
Verstappen has only one podium to his name this year while he has been forced to helplessly watch teammate Daniel Ricciardo bag six. Speaking to Dutch TV channel Ziggo Sport, Jos admitted that the situation was very difficult to accept.
Asked if it was an option to leave Red Bull, he said: "Maybe this is the wrong moment to ask this question, but you do start to question everything. I notice about Max that he's very disappointed. It's tough to keep yourself motivated the whole time when things are going like this.
"I mean, he's doing very well in qualifying, he's half a second quicker than his team-mate and he's just behind the Ferraris. And then, after seven or eight laps, he's standing at the side of the track again. This should not be able to happen, certainly not at a top team."
"Max can't do anything. Max isn't doing anything wrong," he continued. "People are asking that question again if Max is being too tough on his equipment. But that's complete nonsense. He can't overdrive, he can't break the material. We all know what it is: it's just the equipment that isn't good enough. I think we all need to calm down for a bit and then maybe we need to sit down with each other because this won't last if things keep going like this."
Fergal Walsh
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"He can't overdrive, he can't break the material." Complete utter rubbish, and nothing but a play for the gallery. But I do agree that the fault do, at the end of the day, lie with Renault.