Max Verstappen Scolds Red Bull For Ongoing Reliability Issues: "I'm Not Happy"

Max Verstappen has called out his Red Bull team for the ongoing reliability issues on the RB19.

Despite the Austrian team bagging 1-2 finishes at both races so far this season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Verstappen has still suffered from reliability issues. From the outside, the team look to be dominating the season winning the races with significant leads and not having to push the cars to the limit, however, the two-time champion has said they "have to make sure the cars are reliable".

Verstappen explained:

"But it's not only about the pace of the car.

"We need to make sure we are reliable without any issues. I mean, my first weekend was not very clean, because of just the big balance shift from testing to the race weekend, some other things which are going on in the background.

Verstappen encountered a driveshaft issue during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying session which left him starting from fifteenth position. Although he was able to finish in second, he was still not happy with the performance. He continued:

"And again [in Saudi Arabia], after three positive practice sessions, then I have an issue in qualifying.

"Of course, I recovered to second, which is good. And of course in general, the whole feeling in the team, everyone is happy but personally, I'm not happy."

He went on to point out that as he is fighting for his third championship win, the team needs to make sure the cars are reliable. He added:

"I don't mind doing it [a recovery race], but when you're fighting for a championship and especially, when it looks like it's just between two cars, we have to make sure that also the two cars are reliable."

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