Max Verstappen said that he would rather “stay at home” than endure a race where his Red Bull team was not “on top of things”.
The Dutchman fumed that his team were not as aware as he would like on the radio during the Italian GP, telling them to “be awake”.
And he later explained that despite a disappointing race, those around him should still be performing at the highest level possible.
“In the race my battery was relatively empty, while fighting Lando of course,” he said. “Then I had to go to a certain setting. at some point they have to tell me when I can go back to the quicker setting.
“I ask: ‘Can i go back?’, ‘Oh yeah, yeah you can’. Then I thought ‘What is this? you guys have all the data the entire time, you guys can exactly see when I can make those steps’.
“I shouldn’t have to ask when I can go back. We might be in nobody’s land, but you still have to be on top of things. otherwise, i can just stay home.”
