Max Verstappen was ‘angrier’ than ever before in Red Bull quarters after British Grand Prix

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Max Verstappen’s retirement at the British Grand Prix spells bad news for Red Bull and their chances of keeping him beyond 2026.

Speculation around the Dutchman’s future in F1 has been rife all year, and it ramped up again in Spielberg as Verstappen’s camp entered talks with McLaren. He is free to leave Red Bull this year if he is not in the top three of the standings – he is currently seventh.

That exit clause can now be activated after the British Grand Prix. His frustrations with the RB22 were clear to see all weekend as his race ended in the gravel trap at Stowe.

Max Verstappen was ‘angrier’ than ever before after British GP retirement

Verstappen spun out with a handful of laps to go while battling for a podium finish. He was seen throwing his steering wheel out of the cockpit and unleashing his anger towards the team and the car over the radio.

Marking his third retirement of the season, it fuelled the speculation that he could look to leave Red Bull for 2027, and the cogs are already in motion.

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As per a report from F1-Insider, ‘big cracks’ are starting to show in the relationship between Verstappen and Red Bull. The Dutchman was uncomfortable in the car all weekend at Silverstone, while teammate Isack Hadjar did not seem to have the same issues.

Verstappen was ‘angrier than he had been in his career’, and his entourage are now closely looking at the situation as the relationship becomes more tense.

Laurent Mekies met with Verstappen’s manager and father after the race. The exact reason for this is unclear, but one could easily hazard a guess with everything surrounding Red Bull right now.

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Red Bull engineers have stopped listening to Max Verstappen

Journalist Ralf Bach explained more about the situation via F1-Insider’s YouTube channel. He has heard ‘internally’ that Red Bull have now stopped listening to Verstappen in the garage.

“I’ve heard that internally the engineers aren’t listening to him anymore, and that’s obviously not good for morale when you’re talking about a four-time world champion here, who’s the one who got the team to where it is,” he said.

“So I don’t know why that is, but Hadjar says he is happy with the car. Sure, what else is he going to say? That’s what he has to say. If the car’s working, then it’s almost definitely faster. If not, then he’s still got a chance.

“But it’s not just about the speed; it’s about the trust that Max Verstappen has in the people who are currently on the team. He wanted to stay cool, but it was pretty clear from the tone in which he answered the question.

“But I think that in future the team will—let’s say—improve, overcome the difficulty, overcome it—he just says briefly and curtly, ‘I can’t say that at the moment.’ Normally you’d say, ‘Yes, we believe that, and we’re fighting for it and we’re doing everything we can’, but that was an answer that really did reflect his mood perfectly.”