Max Verstappen 開始する，打ち上げるs 情熱的な defence of his father まっただ中に 現在進行中の Christian Horner スキャンダル as world 支持する／優勝者 主張するs Jos is 'not a liar' after he called for the Red Bull 長，指導者 to やめる

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Max Verstappen today made an 情熱的な defence of his father Jos, telling the world: ‘He’s not a liar.’?

The ３倍になる world 支持する／優勝者 was 答える／応じるing to Verstappen Snr’s incendiary comments in Mail Sport on Sunday, in which he said Red Bull would ‘爆発する’ if Christian Horner stayed in 地位，任命する as team 主要な／長／主犯 in spite of the スキャンダル that stunned 決まり文句／製法 One.

Asked ahead of Saturday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix whether his father regretted his comments, Verstappen said: ‘I have not asked him that but my dad, from how I know him from go-karting, is very outspoken, and he is not a liar, that is for sure. That is what I can say about things.

‘My dad and I are very の近くに. We call every day. At the other end, I am not the guy who likes to speak a lot about 確かな stuff and I just want to 焦点（を合わせる） on the 運動ing. If there are 問題／発行するs, we try to 解決する it within the team.’

Horner, 50, has 公約するd to remain in £8million-a-year 職業 after 存在 （疑いを）晴らすd of ‘coercive behaviour’ に向かって a 女性（の） 同僚 ? though his position was 損失d when an 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の email ? sent 不明な to 重要な 人物／姿／数字s with F1 ? 明らかにする／漏らすd he 交流d sexually suggestive WhatsApp messages with the 従業員.

Red Bull 星／主役にする Max Verstappen (above) has made an 情熱的な defence of his father Jos

Jos Verstappen (権利) （人命などを）奪う，主張するd Red Bull will '爆発する' if Christian Horner remains at the team

It comes as the husband of former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell fights for his 未来 at Red Bull まっただ中に 主張s of 不適切な behaviour に向かって a 女性（の） member of staff

Vertappen 追加するd: ‘I don’t see myself in F1 without my Dad and (経営者／支配人) Raymond Vermeulen.’?

Rumours 循環させるd that Verstappen Snr 簡潔な／要約するd against Horner out of some 肉親，親類d of vendetta. He has 否定するd that emphatically to Mail Sport.?

Max said: ‘The only one who knows that is my dad himself. People will （不足などを）補う and 推測する and think they know why he said 確かな things, but he is the only one who knows.

‘Social マスコミ is there to 推測する and （不足などを）補う stuff and there is not much I can do about that.

Horner and Verstappen have enjoyed three straight world 選手権 勝利，勝つs together

‘I am not angry about that because I know what my dad is and how he is like.’

Verstappen did not 申し込む／申し出 such 明白な 支援 to Horner ? though he did call from some peace to 勃発する to 許す him to get on with racing.?

He won the season opener in Bahrain and is 目的（とする）ing for his 19th 勝利，勝つ in 20 遠出s on Jeddah’ 最高の-quick 跡をつける this 週末.

He said: ‘Everyone in general, even if you have arguments or not, there are things that can be worked out. Everyone is man enough and respectful enough anyway.

‘I have not always agreed with everything that has happened ? and I am not talking about lately ? just in general in F1 and that is where いつかs it is good to have a discussions.?

'You might agree to 同意しない, that is what happens in a 関係.’

Asked if he could stay at Red Bull with Horner in 地位，任命する, Verstappen said: ‘井戸／弁護士席, we are at the moment. I saw a lot of stories about that, which was a bit weird to read. But from my 味方する, what I want, and it doesn’t 事柄 who is 伴う／関わるd in the team or not, is to have a 静かな 環境 where everyone is happy to work.’?

There has been 憶測 about a possible move to Mercedes ? a 核の 選択. It is certainly a powerful 取引ing 半導体素子.

Verstappen is 調印するd until 2028, but there are escape 条項s that might see him move earlier?

Verstappen is 調印するd up until 2028, but there are escape 条項s that might 許す him to move earlier. One is if his 同盟（する） Dr Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s motorsports 助言者, were to leave the team.

燃料 was 追加するd to the Mercedes link when Jos met with team 主要な／長／主犯 Toto Wolff in Bahrain last week.

Asked about the 可能性 over transferring 負かす／撃墜する the 炭坑，オーケストラ席 小道／航路, Verstappen said: ‘The thing is nobody would have seen that 吊りくさび would move to Ferrari. You never know in general life what happens, or comes to you, or happens around you, or what might 影響（力） you, so you can never say 100 per cent that that is how it is going to be, and that is the way I approach my life.

‘I am very relaxed and very happy at the team and the 業績／成果 is there so there is no 推論する／理由 to leave.’