F1 pundit critical of Red Bull after Verstappen's P9: 'This is unworthy of Max'

Doornbos mentioned on the Ziggo Sport Race Café that it was noticeably clear that Verstappen was not happy during the race: “You could hear on the radio that he [Verstappen] was done with it. This made his engineer go silent on the radio, because what else can you say?”

Then Doornbos added: “This is unworthy of Max. He almost went into overdrive, with that action involving Lewis Hamilton for instance. He takes an incredible amount of risk, because you think: 'Then I might as well race at the limit with what I have'.

''But of course, there was no speed, and it's quite worrying. If you have all the practices, because it's not a sprint weekend. It's just a normal Grand Prix weekend, with just three hours of testing. If you can't find a balance in that car in three hours, and not in qualifying and racing either…”

“Then it's not, as Helmut Marko claims, a snapshot. Helmut is always positive, which is good, so positive about the team. But honestly, you have a problem on this type of circuit, where they generally did well in previous years. That's a painful reality.”

This means Verstappen enters the summer break with a staggering 97-point deficit to Oscar Piastri. George Russell, however, gained on the Dutchman by finishing third behind the McLarens. Verstappen still remains third in the drivers' championship for now.