Martin Brundle shares the change he wishes Max Verstappen would make after Hungarian GP

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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen made his feelings clear at every point during the Hungarian Grand Prix race weekend that he wasn’t happy with his team’s performance.

It was expected to be a very important event for Red Bull for a variety of reasons.

Firstly, because Sergio Perez is fighting to save his Red Bull career after months of underperformance.

He recovered well to finish 7^th in the race, but his critical mistake in qualifying has only raised further questions and Christian Horner delivered his verdict on Perez’s performance after the race.

Red Bull also delivered arguably their most important update package of the season to the Hungaroring.

Over the course of the past few races, McLaren and Mercedes had closed the gap to the current Constructors champions and unfortunately, the new parts fitted to the car didn’t have the desired impact.

Finally, Max Verstappen had to try and fend off the threat from Lando Norris in the Drivers’ Championship despite his significant lead.

The Dutchman couldn’t qualify ahead of either McLaren driver and Verstappen’s fury at his strategy saw him finish the race in 5^th behind Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.

Martin Brundle was writing on the Sky Sports F1 website and discussed a difficult weekend for Verstappen.

While he admits he’s a huge fan of the triple world champion, Brundle also thinks he’s got to make a change to his approach that would make him ‘more sporting’.

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Martin Brundle shares the change he wishes Max Verstappen would make after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Reflecting on the eventful race in Hungary, Brundle said: “I always say that you can’t cherry-pick the bits you like about world-class sports people, they come as a package which adds up to their success.

“I’m such a fan of Max as a driver and a person, in awe of his talent, but I wish he didn’t treat the team like that.

“His legacy should be more sporting, but we now know the two words, consisting of only seven letters, he would reply to that statement.”

The biggest talking point was Verstappen’s collision with Hamilton during the final stint of the race.

His Red Bull was much quicker than Hamilton’s Mercedes but the Hungaroring is a notoriously tricky circuit to overtake on.

After diving down the inside of Hamilton, Verstappen locked up his front wheels and was sent flying into the air by Hamilton’s rear wheel and miraculously both cars were able to continue.

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Max Verstappen’s radio messages only overshadowed by McLaren discussions

Throughout the race, Verstappen let the team know that he wasn’t happy with his strategy or their communications over several other controversial moments in the race.

Red Bull didn’t take his side when trying to hold position over Norris in the opening laps when he overtook the British driver off the track, being forced to yield the position before an official decision from the stewards.

Verstappen also believed Hamilton turned in on him during his race-defining incident, but his race engineer didn’t want to take part in any more ‘childish’ discussions at this time.

There’s a sense from the way Verstappen was talking on the radio and after the race that he’s seriously concerned about the threat of McLaren and Norris for the rest of the season.

Naomi Schiff accused Verstappen of being ‘disrespectful’ in the way he was speaking and it was clear that his frustration was beginning to bubble over.

The summer break may be coming at just the right time for Verstappen and Red Bull to regroup and tackle the final 10 races with McLaren launching their first title challenge in decades.