Formula 1: Verstappens Tirade against Renault has a weak point

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D The Orange Fans block party is now one of the saddest Rituals in Formula 1. Although his favorite was again pulled out early, Max Verstappen's fans were still celebrating an hour after the end of the Hungarian Grand Prix as if the Red Bull driver had just won the World Cup. As sad as it may seem, they have become an exercise in him.

For the fourth time in the twelfth race, the 20-year-old missed the points, three times he was the victim of his car. "It's a crap thing that happens," said the Dutchman after his recent engine failure in Budapest: "We are far too slow on the engine, and we are not reliable either. It's not what it should be. "Verstappen was in fifth place when he suddenly complained," I do not have any energy anymore. "A little later he left the track.

D & # 39; a "shit joke" "Verstappen said, before he went into the summer holidays:" I certainly can not enjoy the first week of vacation. Christian Horner's team seemed similar: "We pay millions of pounds for these records, and so that can not be true, it's frustrating for Max and for all of us." For R ed Bull, the scapegoat of the misery that recently afflicted Daniel Verstappens' team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, has long been determined.

Red Bull dispute with Renault

there is a crisis between the shower team and the Renault engine manufacturer. At the time of Sebastian Vettel, they could gather four other world titles together. With the introduction of hybrid engines in 2014, domination has abruptly stopped. And with her harmony. Instead of spraying the champagne together, the team leaders shoot almost non-stop against Renault. The tensions went so far that last year they agreed to anonymize the engines. Instead, Renault now bears the name of a watch manufacturer on complex modules – but they are developed by the French. The concept of reconciliation behind this idea has now been largely destroyed.

"Cyril Abiteboul must come to me and explain me- The, "Horner ordered in a TV interview directed at the Renault CEO – during the live broadcast, that's it. "We stopped reading in 2015 what Christian Horner said about Renault," said Abiteboul, shrugging his shoulders: "There is nothing more to say." At least in part, the Red Bull lawsuits are justified : with the aggregates of Ferrari and Mercedes, Renault products can not compete with very few exceptions. Nevertheless, there is another truth.

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When Red Bull's allegations are drifting once again in dirty, Renault does not mistakenly point out that their engine is not as bad as it may be. Ricciardo and Verstappen have finally won races in recent years. After his victory in Austria, the Australian has even announced his return to the title fight. At Hungaroring, he managed a brilliant catch-up that led him from 16th to 4th place. He also achieved the fastest lap of all the drivers. Is it possible with an engine that is "just poor?"

Hülkenberg is also angry

Renault works the pilot Nico Hülkenberg used this word after the race. "The car was not fast enough," argued the German after his twelfth place. His Spanish-born colleague Carlos Sainz is, after all, in the points. But considering his fifth place on the grid, his results were not very euphoric. "My pace was good, but I had hoped for more after qualifying," Sainz said. Not only did Verstappen go on vacation with a stomachache, the atmosphere was even better with Renault

After all, the end of the partnership is at hand. Eight races, both parties have to endure forced marriage, and eventually divorced what has been divided for years. In the coming season, Honda will supply the engines of Red Bull, not only the owner Dietrich Mateschitz expects to ride at the latest, but also Mercedes and Ferrari at eye level.