Helmut Marko reveals factor that could ‘ruin’ F1 for Max Verstappen after the Singapore swearing saga
Max Verstappen cut out as an extremely frustrated figure during the 2024 Marina Bay race weekend.
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Helmut Marko, Max Verstappen and Christian Horner (via IMAGO)
Max Verstappen has been competing at the pinnacle of motor racing since 2015. Over the years he has only gotten better as a racing driver. Amidst Verstappen’s ongoing championships streak in F1, Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has taken the time to shed light on the factor that could force him to retire.
Max Verstappen was involved in a huge spat with the FIA during the Singapore GP weekend. The governing body punished him for swearing during a press conference by forcing him to do a day’s community service work.
All the drama very much got under the skin of Verstappen. While the weekend has become a thing of the past, Marko has recently come up with a retirement take regarding the Dutchman.
Max has achieved great achievements. But it’s important for him to have fun and enjoy the sport, if that is gradually ruined for him, then his personality is…, if he says, ‘Ok, that’s it’, then he means it. But I don’t hope that the current situation will really make him retire any time soon.
Helmut Marko via Formel1.de
The 81-year-old veteran while indirectly referring to Singapore’s saga, has made it known that for Verstappen to continue in F1, the fun element is very important. If he is not enjoying, he could very well bring the curtain down on his career in the coming years.
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Ex-F1 driver wants Max Verstappen to focus on ‘title’ tussle
While Max Verstappen was extremely frustrated during the Singapore GP weekend, the 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg has urged him to focus on the 2024 season. The former has a tussle at hand against McLaren’s Lando Norris for the world championship.
As things stand, Verstappen is only 52 points ahead of Norris.
As for Max. If I were fighting for the title, I don’t know if I would put all this energy into the issue. It’s a nice distraction for him.
Nico Rosberg via FormulaPassion
The ongoing campaign has only six rounds remaining on the F1 calendar. The sport is currently in an almost month-long break and this time should help Verstappen and Red Bull get their edge back with the RB20.
Since the start of the second half of the campaign, Verstappen has just not looked at complete ease within the cockpit of the 2024 challenger. Keeping in view everything that has been discussed, several eyes will be glued on the 26-year-old’s exploits at the United States GP.
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