If it was a question of whether Max Verstappen would back his boss or his dad, there was only going to be one answer. What did he make of his father Jos’s remarks that the Red Bull team will ‘explode’ unless Christian Horner quits as team principal?. Max is typically less vocal than his father, but he is not a man to back down when he feels affronted. Four times in Bahrain last week, Max was asked if he would give unequivocal backing to Horner; four times he declined. And yesterday, asked if he could stay at Red Bull with Horner in post, Verstappen merely said: ‘Well, we are at the moment. ‘He (Jos) is not a part of the team,’ said the seven-time world champion. But Max is a grown man and a champion and he can make his own decisions.’.

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