Source: REUTERS/Issei Kato
[Saba Sports News] After Red Bull’s RB21 suffered back-to-back defeats at the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix, a secret strategy meeting led by Max Verstappen was urgently convened at Red Bull’s Milton Keynes headquarters. This meeting directly sparked a stunning comeback at Suzuka, where Verstappen delivered a masterclass—taking pole position and the race win—narrowing McLaren’s Lando Norris’ championship lead to just one point. The four-time F1 world champion revealed that this turnaround wasn’t born from blame or frustration but from an efficient internal discussion. Verstappen admitted to Dutch media that he simply pinpointed the car’s problem areas, emphasizing that fixing them wasn’t his expertise—his job was to provide honest feedback from the cockpit. Red Bull senior advisor Helmut Marko confirmed to press that the meeting was entirely focused on Verstappen’s technical input. Contrary to rumors of heated conflict, Marko stressed the atmosphere was unusually calm, with the sole aim of systematically addressing the driver’s concerns.