Max Verstappen

Recently, former Haas F1 Team Principal Guenther Steiner suggested that McLaren’s “Papaya Rule” (the internal resource allocation and strategy favoring balance between both drivers rather than fully backing one driver for the championship) is self-sabotage,

During the F1 Mexican Grand Prix, after several drivers were involved in track incidents, the radio communication between George Russell and his race engineer Marcus Dudley revealed that the former called Max Verstappen a “joke.”

According to official F1 reports, although his first lap time was sufficient to secure pole position, Max Verstappen still explained the reason he missed the chance for a final flying lap in the qualifying session for the F1 United States Grand Prix.