George Russell and Max Verstappen are certainly not the best of friends, and it doesn’t look like things will improve in 2025. Quite the opposite…
The year has barely begun when Russell has already dropped a major bombshell on his rival's territory, one that will certainly not go unanswered.
According to the Briton, Verstappen's outbursts are turning a quarter of Red Bull Racing's engineers away from Mercedes and the rest away from other teams…
"I don't question his skills, his driving style, but the moment he doesn't have the fastest car, or if he collides with Lewis Hamilton, for example, everyone will be to blame but him. In his fury, he shouts at his entire team and loses ground... Then what happens after the Hungarian Grand Prix, when almost the next day CV 25 percent of their engineering team ended up at Mercedes, but many also applied to McLaren and Aston Martin. They can't work with a guy like that!
Christian Horner categorically rejected Russell's claims, pointing out that Red Bull has long-term contracts with key engineers, so the concept itself is flawed, and warned George Russell that it would be best if he looked after himself.
Get ready, Max Verstappen…
