Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has warned Red Bull that Max Verstappen could be ‘difficult to manage’ if the team aren’t competitive at the start of the 2025 season.
The Milton Keynes squad ended the 2024 campaign third in the Constructors’ Championship standings, and Verstappen won just two of the closing 14 Grands Prix.
“I would say last year, when he started not to win, he reacted, pretty aggressively,” the Italian recalled. But then at some stage, I think he realised, ‘I need to be smart about this and just take home as many points as I can, even if I’m not winning a race’. So we need to see which Max we get.
“But for sure, if he hasn’t got a good car where he can win, he will get very difficult to manage as well, I would say, because he will be vocal about it that he’s not happy.
“And an unhappy Max is not a nice Max, as we all know. But he’s a very good driver, I think the best in the moment. And for sure, he will put his effort in to win races, to win the championship again, but it will not be easy, as we saw last year.”
