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Christian Horner has said that there are no lasting emotions with Max Verstappen following his mid-race outburst in Monaco. After the round of pit-stops, Verstappen was jumped by teammate Daniel Ricciardo and was evidently furious about.
He complained viciously over the radio, but Horner says that he can understand why he was so upset. Verstappen went on to finish the race in fifth place, the first time in his career that he's seen the chequered flag around Monaco.
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"Of course. When you end up with your teammate in front of you when he was behind you, you can be angry," Horner said following the race. "But once the circumstances were explained, everything was in order," he added.
Ricciardo was on the podium in Monaco ahead of both Mercedes, but Horner says that does not mean Red Bull's 2017 troubles are now effectively over: "I am worried about Montreal, Baku and Spielberg," he said. "They will be the biggest challenges along with Monza. If we manage to do well on those three tracks, what we have in the pipeline should enable us to have a much better second half of the season."
Dr Helmut Marko also spoke to the press about the Ferrari incident as speculation formed that Ferrari had used team orders to get Vettel ahead of Raikkonen in the pit-stops phase. However, Marko, who heads the Red Bull junior programme doesn't think they did anything of the sort.
"I don't think Ferrari did anything deliberately," he told Auto Bild. "He had to react to us and Bottas because he was just too slow. We also had to pit Max early," he added.
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Not much Max could have done anyway