Max Verstappen is very comfortable at Red Bull Racing, facing no resistance and focusing only on external challenges. According to one insider, this could be the reason why the dramatically underperforming Mexican has not yet been fired…
Many people are uncomfortable - not only in the grid but also outside it - that while a driver of Carlos Sainz's calibre moves to one of the weakest teams on the grid, in the second car of the team that delivers the individual world champion sits a rider who often does not even reach F2 level. Recently Eddie Jordan exploded, saying that he does not understand what is going on here. In fact, quite the opposite: he understands very well!
"When you talk about Sergio Perez, I always feel very uncomfortable because I really like the guy. Nice guy, nice company, but the way he struggles and fights to keep his place is just not decent... And professionally he should be out of the question, at least based on his performance. But there's Max Verstappen and Christian Horner, I think it's their fault. The latter is serving the former because Max puts pressure on him and he doesn't want to have a rival inside the team. That's exactly why Carlos Sainz couldn't go to Red Bull.
It’s not the best sporting approach to think about…” Jordan said. It would be hard to argue with the old man.
