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Alarm bells are ringing at Red Bull: ‘Even Max Verstappen’s title is becoming difficult in this way’
By Erik van Haren
ZANDVOORT - The very last lap of the Dutch Grand Prix, Sunday afternoon just after half past four, told the whole story. Winner Lando Norris drove the fastest lap of the day in Verstappen-like style in extremis. Meanwhile, alarm bells are ringing at Red Bull Racing. In fact, what Max Verstappen has been warning about for ages happened in Zandvoort.
Perhaps Red Bull’s biggest critic walks through the paddock at Circuit Zandvoort with an orange cape and a smile from ear to ear. McLaren CEO Zak Brown sees that his team has come out of the summer break excellently. New parts – upgrades – that do their job and a very dominant Lando Norris, who crossed the finish line a good 22 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen.
It is a dominant victory like Red Bull achieved so many last year, and even at the start of this season. Now it's alarm phase one. Verstappen has been complaining for months about a lack of balance in his RB20 and McLaren has also been doing better in terms of tyre wear for a long time.
The Dutchman is even driving in Zandvoort with the same floor as at the very beginning of this year, albeit newly manufactured. "Maybe I shouldn't say it, but I'm doing it anyway...", sighs father and former Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen in the paddock. "The fact that you have to go back to the car from the beginning of this year says enough. They just don't have it right here at the moment. I think they should take a good look in the mirror here."
Verstappen senior sincerely hopes that it will happen, but at the same time adds that he is 'only' the father and that it is up to the bright minds in the team to solve the problem. Red Bull's top advisor Helmut Marko agrees with him: "Yes, we really have to look in the mirror," says the Austrian. "We didn't expect such a big gap as today. The set-up of Max's car wasn't optimal either. Teammate Sergio Pérez (eventually sixth, ed.) was faster after the pit stop. We need to analyse where it went wrong."
The optimist will say that Verstappen is still seventy points ahead, with nine Grand Prix to go and three sprint races. But on Thursday, the three-time world champion already said that he is not counting his chickens before they hatch and that in a mechanical sport a retirement is always lurking. Marko also acknowledges that both championships, both individually and among the constructors, are at stake. And father Jos says: "Max knew this was coming. He simply had no chance here. This way, it will be really difficult for the rest of this year. Max is doing everything he can, but doesn't have the material to finish it off. It was already exceptional that he qualified second." Right after the start, Verstappen even catches Norris, which means that the 100,000-plus fans in the stands in Zandvoort can still hope for a fourth Dutch victory in a row. After his British colleague overtook him on the eighteenth lap, Verstappen can no longer hold on.
The driver himself remains calm to the outside world, but you can count on harsh words being spoken internally. His engineers also know how frustrating it is for Verstappen that the real solution cannot be found. "There is something wrong with the car and we have to improve that," says Verstappen. "We have to figure out the balance problems towards next week in Monza. There is no panic, but it has to improve. It is a complicated sport. This was simply a bad weekend for us."
