George Russell and Max Verstappen certainly aren't on the best of terms, and it doesn't look like things will improve in 2025. In fact…
The year has barely begun, and Russell has already dropped a serious bombshell on his rival's side, one that will surely not go unchallenged.
According to the Briton, Verstappen's outbursts are driving a quarter of Red Bull Racing's engineers away to Mercedes, and the rest to other teams...
“I don't question his skills or his driving style, but the moment he no longer has the fastest car, or if, for example, he crashes with Lewis Hamilton, then everyone will immediately be blamed, except him. Out of control, he shouts at his entire team and loses his bearings... Then what happened after the Hungarian Grand Prix happens: almost the next day, 25 percent of his engineering team's CVs landed at Mercedes, but many also applied to McLaren and Aston Martin. They're incapable of working with a guy like that!”
Christian Horner categorically rejected Russell's claim, emphasizing that Red Bull has long-term contracts with its key engineers, making the idea itself flawed. He also warned George Russell that the best thing he could do is look after himself.
Max Verstappen is preparing...
