"It's childish on the radio, it's childish": Max Verstappen's race engineer's frustrated reply to the Red Bull driver

Max Verstappen experienced an unusually frustrated afternoon at Hungaroring, where he was involved in multiple radio brawls with his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase. The skirmishes went to a certain state that Lambiase had to come out strong and ask Verstappen to stop being "childish" on the radio.

Verstappen had repeated on-track skirmishes with Lewis Hamilton at the Hungarian GP, where the former tried to overtake the latter on multiple occasions. In doing so, he collided with Hamilton twice, went wide, and lost track position.

In the first attempt in Lap 36, Hamilton locked up, and Verstappen moved under braking, which resulted in the Red Bull driver running wide. However, the termial skirmish arrived a few laps later when Verstappen went airborne!

The Dutchman was trying to go through the inside of Hamilton, ran out of space, and rammed his left rear with Hamilton's right front. Soon after the incident, Verstappen called on the radio saying that Hamilton moved under braking.

Lambiase, who did not seem interested in taking the case to the stewards or other teams, shut Verstappen up with a message.

"I'm not even going to get into a radio fight with the other teams, Max," Lambiase said. "We'll let the stewards do their thing. It's childish on the radio, childish."

The footage showed that Verstappen was at fault and at risk of receiving a five-second time penalty for causing a collision. However, Max Verstappen and Red Bull went out unharmed.

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How did the Hungarian GP turn out for Max Verstappen and Red Bull?

Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 leads Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (4) McLaren MCL38 Mercedes during the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on July 21, 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

The 2024 Hungarian GP is a race to forget for Red Bull and Max Verstappen. Verstappen and Red Bull were majorly the strongest team this season, but they were outclassed by McLaren heavily on Sunday.

While the Papayas took 1-2 with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, Max Verstappen had to settle for P5. The Dutchman qualified in P3 on Saturday, and despite multiple tries, he could not improve his race. Multiple undercuts saw him come home two places down.

However, it was a race to remember for Sergio Perez. The Mexican driver started his race from P16 but finished in P7. Thanks to a superior strategy, Checo improved by a magnificent margin to try to keep his Red Bull seat for next season.