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Max Verstappen says Red Bull \u201cneed to do a better job\u201d and that he sees no need to apologise for a series of bad-tempered radio messages during the Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/b><\/p>\n
The world champion repeatedly criticised his team over the radio, often using swear words, during a race in which he finished fifth following a collision with Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n
Verstappen said: \u201cI don\u2019t think we need to apologise. We just need to do a better job.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know why people think you can\u2019t be vocal on the radio. This is a sport. If some people don\u2019t like that, stay home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked for his response to criticisms that he was too disrespectful to his team, he used a swear word to suggest people should go away.<\/p>\n
His anger was directed at the fact that in race in which his Red Bull was already not fast enough to challenge the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, who finished one-two, the team made what he considered strategy errors that twice demoted him behind Hamilton – and the second time also behind Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc.<\/p>\n
His frustrations were enhanced by the fact that Red Bull had a major upgrade on their car in Hungary but they had still not recovered their position as the fastest in the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cI already said yesterday maybe some people are not on the same wavelength,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s as severe as it is. I knew it was going to be a difficult race and beating McLaren would be tough but you at least need to get a P3 over the line and even that we couldn\u2019t do.\u201d<\/p>\n
The result reduced his championship lead over Norris to 76 points and Red Bull\u2019s over McLaren\u2019s in the constructors\u2019 championship to 51.<\/p>\n
Trying to pass Hamilton in the closing stages of the race, the pair collided.<\/p>\n
Verstappen, who has been called to the stewards to review the incident, said the Mercedes driver had caused it because he was breaking the rules by changing his line under braking.<\/p>\n
Hamilton argued that he was simply turning into the corner on his normal line. The stewards agreed and took no further action against either driver.<\/p>\n
Asked whether his frustrations with the race had spilt over to cause the incident, Verstappen said: \u201cI don\u2019t think so. I went for a move that was fully on. But then in the middle of the braking zone when I\u2019m already committed to the move he keeps turning right and if I wouldn\u2019t have turned while braking straight I would have made contact with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo at one point naturally I lock up because he keeps on turning to the right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Verstappen was launched over Hamilton\u2019s front wheel, but he managed to carry on to finish fifth in the race, dropping behind Leclerc again.<\/p>\n
He made a reference to the criticisms he had been subjected to in his collision with Norris in the Austrian Grand Prix two races ago, for which he was given a 10-second penalty.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople made a lot about what happened in Austria was not correct, I was moving under braking, blah, blah, blah,\u201d Verstappen said, \u201cbut that\u2019s on the initial move and then you hold your wheel quite straight.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I felt now it wasn\u2019t on the initial move it was after, during the braking. You cannot do that when someone is committed to the inside.\u201d<\/p>\n
He laid the blame for the result on the team\u2019s mistakes with strategy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe could still have had a P3 but the wrong strategy calls put me on the back foot where constantly I had to fight people and overtake,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the track is really hot and as soon as you get close to cars the tyres overheat.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe the team didn\u2019t realise what they did wrong or they didn\u2019t see it was so severe but in the car you have also different feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n