Max Verstappen spoke to his father after critical column: 'Is his opinion'

Max Verstappen has no worries whatsoever about Sergio Perez 's new contract and the open title fight between the two Red Bull drivers. Despite a critical column from his father Jos, Max remains calm.

After Perez's victory in Monaco, the title race is wide open again. Verstappen is still the leader in the championship, but the Dutchman has formidable competitors with Charles Leclerc nine points behind and Perez fifteen points behind.

After the Monaco Grand Prix, it was also announced that Perez will remain with Red Bull through 2024, and Christian Horner and Helmut Marko revealed that Checo will have the same opportunities as Verstappen. At the press conference in Baku Perez himself also announced that he has no 'Verstappen clause' in his contract.

For the first time since the departure of Daniel Ricciardo, Verstappen has a teammate who is so close to him, but the Dutchman is not worried about that. He lets at De Telegraaf He is keen to get the best out of himself and doesn't need to hear from anyone that he is number one at Red Bull Racing.

After the race in Monte Carlo Jos Verstappen wrote a critical column about Red Bull. Jos was of the opinion that Red Bull had short-changed his son with the strategy. Not Perez, but Verstappen should have been given the undercut in order to support his title race. However, Horner served Jos with a rebuttal, stating that it is not Max Verstappen Racing, but Red Bull Racing.

''As my father wrote, he is not completely objective. He just wants to see me win. It's his opinion. I also told my dad that Sunday's events were a result of Saturday, when that red flag ruined my qualifying. That was the biggest problem, because in Monaco you can't overtake. Fine, that was one race, we'll just move on now,'' Verstappen concluded soberly.