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Red Bull issue Verstappen defence as Ricciardo expresses outrage - RacingNews365 Review

Check out the biggest stories from Monday 22nd July 2024 with the RacingNews365 Review!

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Red Bull's Verstappen defence

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has defended Max Verstappen's approach after he was sim racing until 3am on the day of the Hungarian GP.

Verstappen was taking part in the iRacing Spa virtual 24 Hours for his Team Redline outfit, but his frustrations boiled over during the F1 race after a bad strategy call from the team and a messy race.

Horner fielded questions after a stewards' investigation into Verstappen was launched for colliding with Lewis Hamilton about Verstappen's extra-curricular activities, and defended his driver.

READ MORE: Red Bull issue Verstappen 'trust' verdict after 3am sim antics

Ricciardo's outrage

Daniel Ricciardo was feeling confident heading into the race after bagging P9 on the grid, and feeling the Aston Martin's of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll were gettable on another day. 

But his race was ruined when RB hauled him in for an early pit-stop that dropped into in the DRS train, leaving him unable to fight for points.

To make matters worse, Yuki Tsunoda did a one-stop strategy to ninth, with Ricciardo furious at not receiving an apology from the team. 

READ MORE: Ricciardo outraged by lack of RB mistake apology

F1 podcast

It was an eventful weekend at the Hungaroring, with the usual trio of Nick Golding, Ian Parkes and Sam Coop back to dissect everything and make sense of what went wrong for Red Bull and Verstappen but also McLaren in their team order drama. 

You can either watch or listen to the latest podcast by clicking on the below links!

LISTEN HERE 

WATCH HERE 

McLaren poll

And finally we have McLaren. 

Oscar Piastri's maiden F1 win was somewhat overshadowed by the Verstappen meltdown and the team orders drama involving team-mate Lando Norris. 

But do you think McLaren was right to intervene to tell Norris to let Piastri through after it was McLaren's own mistake that had let the Briton take the lead from the Australian in the pit-stops?

Let us know what you think by voting in the poll below!

Also interesting:

In the latest episode of the RacingNews365 podcast, Ian, Sam and Nick look back at last weekend's Hungarian GP and look ahead to the Belgian GP. Max Verstappen's recent radio rage and Lando Norris almost ignoring McLaren team orders are discussed!

CLICK HERE to watch the podcast!

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