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Following an underwhelming outing at the Bahrain GP, Red Bull top brass Helmut Marko, Christian Horner, Pierre Wache, and Paul Monaghan were seen having an intense meeting after Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda struggled with their respective cars all week. As RBR Daily broke the news of the meeting via X, fans took to their social media accounts to share their reactions.
The Red Bull drivers, especially Verstappen, had a disappointing outing on Sunday, 13 April. After an underwhelming qualifying on Saturday, the four-time world champion started his race from P7. However, he experienced a slow (4.2 seconds) pit stop in the early stages of the race, which reduced all his advantages he had racked up during the race.
If this was not everything, the Dutchman endured another painfully slow pit stop (6.7 seconds), which put him at the back of the pack. All of this took place in a week where he struggled with the brake pedal and the balance of the car. Credit to his race craft, Verstappen returned to the Top 10 and finished the race in P6.
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From being absolutely dominant in 2023 (Red Bull won both drivers' and constructors' championships), the team won only the drivers' title in 2024. As things stand in 2025, Red Bull is nowhere near challenging for any of the two titles. As a result, a high-profile meeting between the top Red Bull officials was apparently called.
As the reports of the meeting surfaced on the internet, here's how the fans reacted to it.
Reacting to the update, a fan wrote, "Just fire Wache already."
"From having the fastest car with most wins in F1 history to this tractor, all in the same regulations? Heads need to roll," another fan wrote.
"Wache is incompetent, Newey + Rob Marshall or some other unknown figure who left the team created a big void which cannot be filled by Wache," a fan wrote.
Another fan wrote, "Max has been saying since near end 23 there are issues with the car. It all fell on deaf ears because, well we win right? It's embarrassing."
A fan wrote, "For what? How to fight Haas and Alpine..Glory has gone..Max has to move out of RB spiral otherwise he will not win further championships."
"Horner should have been sacked one year ago, then Adrian Newey would still be here and we would not have this problem....Horner destroyed the team," another fan wrote.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen shared his verdict after poor Bahrain GP
Max Verstappen let his feelings known after a tough outing in Bahrain. Speaking about the day in the post-race interview, the defending champion pointed out how he struggled with the tire management throughout the week.
Here's what he said further on it:
"If you are weak on tyre management here, you are weak everywhere," Verstappen said. "The start wasn't good. The tyres were overheating. The balance wasn't where we wanted it to be. We had a problem with the lights. You don't drive through them which is team protocol."
"Then the hards didn't work. Another pit stop and I was last, but to finish P6 was a good result. The tyre management and the balance is not where I want to be," he added. (As per Junaid Samodien on X)
Max Verstappen slipped from P2 in the drivers' standings to P3 after Sunday's P6 at the Bahrain GP. Currently, he is trailing Oscar Piastri by five points and Lando Norris by eight points.
