According to Sky Sports Commentator David Croft, Red Bull “ignored warnings” that his 2025 F1 car was “inseparable”.
Max VerustapaneExpectations of winning fifth gradual F1 The world title appears in Tatters after the British Grand Prix, with Dutchman overtaking McLaren Oscar piastry By 69 points.
The Red Bull Constractors has come in fourth place in the championship, with the leaders McLaren 288 points behind, amidst crises affecting their RB21 balance and handling.
Despite the problems affecting the latest F1 Challenger of Red Bull, Westopen has succeeded in winning two races this year, but teammates Yuki Sunoda Has struggled to hold with a car since coming to change underperforming Liam Lawson Only three rounds in the campaign.
Croft revealed that he was informed that Red Bull ignored concerns about the design of their 2025 car.
“Fair Play for Max. He had a spin, he lowered his head, and he finished fifth from that race,” Croft said, and he was still progressing at the end. ” Sky Sports F1 Podcast,
“Yuki – I don’t know where we go with Yuki on it. He is still struggling with a car. It is now a lot of race. It will be a til at the end of the season. We all want to see him doing so much better.
“But it was told to me in the British Grand Prix that Red Bull originally designed a car designed that is the fastest possible car that the data may probably suggest, but it is unattainable. And they were warned about it, in the context of the design team, but he ignored the warning.
“Okay, it’s like coming home to roast a little bit. And perhaps – perhaps they are missing Adrians, which is a terrible much more than the Christian Horner, he said or anytime they would think that they will do it.”
Red Bull has lost veteran F1 car designer Adrian Cayi in the form of rivals Eston Martin and his dramatic recession, which took place with Britain’s exit.
Christian Horner, the principal of the long -term team, was dismissed by Red Bull in favor of Milton Keins last week after 20 years.
What does this mean for the future of Vastapane?
The future of Vastapane remains uncertain, with links of Mercedes in recent weeks amid the competitive crises of the Red Bull.
The Dutchman is contracted by the Red Bull by the end of 2028, but their deal is understood to have a clause that will allow them to leave at the end of the campaign if some performance is not complete.
Speaking about the problems of the Red Bull after recovering from a spin to finish fifth in the British Grand Prix, a chaotic, rain -affected British Grand Prix, Verustapen said: “If everyone knew what they had to do, then everyone [would be] Winning the race, or at least everyone had a chance to win. And in F1, unfortunately, it is not so. Of course, we are not where we want to be, but we are still fighting for podium.
“I think we are trying to find more performances in the car, but also, of course, last year we were a bit hurt by our balance issues that we had with the car. So we had to first understand what was going on there, and of course, the future development of the car during this year has also hurt a little bit.
“But we are still trying everything we can do to be competitive.