Max Verstappen has downplayed Sergio Perez’s feedback over a controversial incident throughout their time as Crimson Bull F1 teammates.
Verstappen and Perez spent 4 years as teammates between 2021 and 2024.
Throughout that point, Verstappen gained 4 consecutive F1 drivers’ titles, whereas Crimson Bull picked up two F1 constructors’ titles.
Whereas Verstappen had a major benefit over Perez for many of their time as teammates, the beginning of the 2022 season was the closest the Mexican got here.
Perez gained the Monaco Grand Prix regardless of crashing out on the finish of qualifying.
Later within the yr, it transpired that Verstappen had held a grudge in opposition to Perez as he felt he had crashed on objective to safe a better observe place.
When talking on the Desde el Paddock, Perez admitted he would save the important thing particulars for a future e book.
Nevertheless, Perez referred to the truth that Verstappen likes to settle issues “on observe”.
Verstappen did take issues into his personal fingers by not letting Perez by way of on the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix after being ordered to take action by Crimson Bull, with the latter preventing in opposition to Charles Leclerc for P2 within the drivers’ standings.
“Max had a difficulty with what occurred in Monaco,” Perez defined. “He by no means advised me immediately, he stored it to himself and introduced it up six or eight months later. On the time, we talked about it and cleared the whole lot up.
“He had one thing on his thoughts from qualifying in Monaco – we talked about it on the subsequent race in Baku, and it was all settled.
“However Max is like that. He holds issues in till he lastly lets them out, often on the observe.”
Verstappen has “nice relationship” with Perez
Verstappen rapidly dismissed the query about Perez’s remark, hinting that the media was twisting his phrases.
“No, however I additionally assume the way you phrase [the question] will not be how he meant it,” Verstappen mentioned.
“I’ve an ideal relationship with Checo, we had been nice teammates and so I’ve a whole lot of respect for him, he has a whole lot of respect for me, and that’s it from my aspect.
“I’m trying ahead to hopefully seeing him once more within the paddock quickly, and I nonetheless want to present him a helmet of mine.
“I promised him that as a result of he gave me one among his with a really good message on it, and I promised him that hopefully, round Mexico, I can provide him one among mine.
“So for me, no matter is written within the media, I understand how Checo is and we have now an ideal relationship.”
