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Jos Verstappen: Max’s Lost Summer

Jos Verstappen from Red Bulla and Honde are demanding progress as he wants his son Max to finally be able to fight for the title next year.

Photo: Hasan Bratić

It was before the summer break Max Verstappen in the spotlight this season Formula 1. But he hasn't been doing so well since. On four races the second half of the championship stood just once again on stage for the winners, while in the four previous races as well visited the podium three times, and twice stood even at the highest. This latest trend, of course, is not to the taste of the father Jos Verstappen. "We should be closer to the top now, but it's harder than we expected,”He explained to colleagues from Ziggo Sport and admitted: "It is very frustrating that we had some good races before the summer break, but after the summer break we stopped while others made significant progress.“Here he had in mind above all Ferrari, who won three in his favor in four races after the break.

Jos the Boss, as Max Verstappn's father was called in his day, from Red Bulla and Honda demands that their son be allowed to fight for the title next season - Photo: Hasan Bratić

"Max can't do much right now, we depend on the team,”He shrugs Verstappen senior and explain: “Max is doing everything in his power. However, it doesn’t depend on him, which only makes the whole thing more difficult. Put him in a good race car and he will immediately fight for the title of champion. We’ve been at it for a few years now Red Bullu, and does not exactly indicate that they could fight for the title next year,He added Jos. "We are a bit behind both the car and the engine. We need to work on these two things if we are to get seriously involved in the title fight next year,”He demands Dutchman and explains that he is already his son in the meantime Max frustrated because he hasn’t been doing well lately. In fact, they expected to be able to patch the hole up Mercedesa in Ferrari.

Even before the summer break, Max won the podium and also won, but in the second half of the season he suddenly does not do more than he would like - Photo: Hasan Bratić

"But at the moment, it doesn't indicate” he says Verstappen and reiterates its request: "The team needs to change some things to be able to fight for the title.“Otherwise there is a danger that it will too 2020 one more lost year. "Why not be able to patch the hole to the top next year? I'm really worried." In the meantime Red Bull to the top lags about half a second and Verstappen explain: “This hole cannot be patched in two weeks.“Son Max is in Red Bullu from the season 2016, but at that time he had not yet had the opportunity to intervene in the fight for title of champion. Njegova best ranking so far it has been fourth overall place last season. That's it 22-year-old again located in this place.         

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