Verstappen dankt Wolff: "Mooi om zoiets te horen!"

iets met schaapskleren,......... enough said

Respect van beide partijen??
Nu de fans nog....

Toto wilt gewoon in de lijstjes op de wikipedia pagina van Max komen

Die gaat het contract niet uitdienen en is voor 2028 weg bij Red Bull. Vind het allemaal een rare gang van zaken wat er speelt

Ik heb nul respect voor sneaky Toto en ook niet voor Guus..

'Toto en ik hebben zeker onze momenten gehad, maar dat is normaal tussen twee teams die strijden om het wereldkampioenschap. Het respect is er altijd geweest'

Ben ik de enige die dit een zeer opmerkelijke quote vind? Max spreekt hier toch enigszins verzoenende woorden.
Wel slim, want op deze manier houdt hij alle opties open voor de toekomst.

C'est la vie... Jenever can tell 😁

In The Guardian van vandaag (d.d. 21-03-2024) een uitgebreid interview met Verstappen waarin hij onder meer onomwonden verklaart, dat hij - hoewel gevleid door de (opportunistische) woorden van Wolff- zijn contract met "zijn tweede familie RBR" gewoon zal uitdienen.

Hierbij een paar commentaren, observaties en citaatjes, zodat iedereen weer normaal kan ademhalen en de hijgerige specualties over zijn professionele toekomst weer even in de bezemkast kunnen worden geparkeerd :


Formula One world champion Max Verstappen has backed Red Bull’s handling of a complaint against boss Christian Horner and said the saga has had no impact on how he feels racing for the team.

Verstappen said he did not want to be too involved in off-track issues because his role was to worry about performing in the car. “But from what I know everything is handled in the right way,” the Dutchman said in the Albert Park paddock on Thursday.

“I’m not going into any further details from that side because I don’t know more than that,” Verstappen added. “And I also don’t want to know because that’s not my job or my task within the team.”

Verstappen, who has won the last three world championships with Red Bull, said the internal strife had no impact on his performance or comfort within the team, though he hoped attention could turn back to their race results.

“For me, all the things that have been going on, it’s very easy to jump back in the car and perform,” he said. “There are so many great people also in the garage, for example. That has never changed … as you can see [from] results that we’ve had as a team.

“Would we have liked to have more talk about our car? Probably, yes. But we just try to keep on working on the performance and to keep winning.”

“I can understand,” Verstappen said of Mercedes’ interest. “It is always nice to hear that. Toto and I have had our moments. That is normal between two teams battling for the championship, but the respect has always been there.

“From my side it doesn’t change anything. I don’t know what will happen after 2028, if I will stay in F1, or continue, or sign a new deal [with Red Bull]. “But that is why I signed the deal in the first place. I am happy within the team and it is my intention to be here in the end.”

Verstappen continued: “It is very important that we try to keep the key players in the team for a longer period of time, because that is where the performance is and if I didn’t perform I wouldn’t be sitting here.”

“For me, it is a second family. In a family there might some times be disagreements. You cannot choose your family but you can choose friends. A lot of people have contributed to the success of this team from the start and that has to be respected.

“It is important to keep them together, happy and in the same roles. But we just focus on the performance. I would like the chat to be about the great car that we have. Hopefully that will come slowly.”

Have a nice raceweekend...!

Toevallig is Rimmertje nu in velden of wegen te bekennen ;)