Verstappen: The situation around us is being overly dramatized.
In recent years, several leading specialists have left Red Bull Racing, including Adrian Newey, Rob Marshall, Jonny Whitely, and Christian Horner. By 2028, Gianpiero Lambiase, Max Verstappen's race engineer, will also leave the team. However, the four-time world champion himself urges not to dramatize the situation.
Max Verstappen: "Many have left the team over the past few years, but at the same time, new people are coming to us. Everyone just loves to focus on the negative. When someone leaves, it is immediately presented as something very dramatic.
But to be honest... Of course, sometimes you think, 'It's a pity that some have decided to leave,' but that's life. It happens in other sports too – people move to other teams, change jobs. It's part of the sports culture.
It's very difficult to keep a group together for a long time that achieves great success. There is always demand for such specialists; other teams also want to acquire talented people. The same happens in football – if a strong player emerges, another club will do everything to sign a contract with him. The same applies to managers. There's nothing unusual about that.
I feel that sometimes the situation around our team is overly dramatized, as if this only happens to us. But people are constantly coming and going; that's how sports work."
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