McLaren’s Zak Brown has accused Red Bull of being “scared” of their star driver 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

The accusation ahead of this weekend’s F1 Hungarian Grand Pr༺ix will reopen tensions between the rival frontrunners.

They clashed significantly in Austria when Verstappen was hit with a time penalty for his part in a collision which ended 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris’ race early.

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella was hugely critical of Verstappen, suggesting that escaping punishment for historical skirmishes with Lewis Hamilton has emboldened him to race agg🔜ressively.

Christian Horner, 🧸his Red Bull 🦋counterpart, leapt to the defence of Verstappen.

“It seems to be that Red Bull are scared of Max,” Brown told ahead of this weekend’s round at the H♈ungaroging.

“We’re very honest with our drivers. If nobody tells him that what he did wasn’t within the reg𝐆ulations, why ⛎should he think otherwise?

“But to have Christian come on the radio and actually squarely point the problem at 𓆉Lando – who are you kidding?

“Ever♕yone has seen it. The regulations are very clear – you’ve got to leave a car’s width. He didn’t.

“Why did he have to say anyt♋hing? It just felt wholly inappropriate.𝓡”

Verstappen and Norris were lef💜t repairing their previously close friendship after the notable clash between them in their F1 careers.

Norris went from angrily demanding an apology 👍to softening his stance a week later at Silverstone.

But, undo꧃ubtedly, it is Brown’s team who have established themselves as the most regular contenders 🎶to threaten the dominant Red Bulls this season.

However, each of the past two grands prix have been won by Mercedes (George Russell in Austria, Hamilton at Silverstone)♎ so McLar𒊎en will eye a big weekend in Hungary to reassert themselves.