Red Bull is scared of Max Verstappen, claims McLaren's Zak Brown in the latest jibe toward the team

McLaren team boss Zak Brown has continued the barrage of comments towards his Red Bull counterpart, with claims that the team is scared of Max Verstappen. In what has been one comment after the other, the team boss has made it a point to take on Christian Horner in the media after what happened in Austria.

The race in Austria saw Red Bull and McLaren drivers Max Verstappen and Lando Norris battle it out for the win. Both drivers tried aggressive manoeuvres on each other which ended with the two drivers colliding.

Max Verstappen was given a penalty for the contact with Lando Norris as he moved left during the braking point. The Red Bull boss Christian Horner had come on the radio after the race and told Max that the incident was on Lando. These comments have not gone down well with McLaren boss Zak Brown.

Brown has had his fair share of words about Red Bull's Christian Horner, with the American even claiming that his rival doesn't respect the rules.

In his latest jibe, Brown told the Independent that it appeared that Red Bull was scared of Max Verstappen and that's why Horner placed the blame for the incident on Lando Norris. He said:

"It seems to me that Red Bull are scared of Max. We’re very honest with our drivers. If nobody tells him that what he did wasn’t within the regulations, why should he think otherwise?"

He added:

“But to have Christian come on the radio and actually squarely point the problem at Lando – who are you kidding? Everyone has seen it. The regulations are very clear – you’ve got to leave a car’s width. He didn’t. Why did he have to say anything? It just felt wholly inappropriate.”

McLaren boss comments on Red Bull boss Christian Horner's relationship with Max Verstappen's father

During the F1 British GP race weekend, Zak Brown had commented on how Christian Horner didn't have respect for the rules. The American even took a dig at Red Bull breaching the cost cap and the relationship between Horner and Max Verstappen's father this year. He said:

“(I was) disappointed such a great team like Red Bull, that the leadership almost encourages it because you listen on the radio to what was said. We all have a responsibility on the pit wall to tell our drivers, the do’s and don’ts and what’s going on in the race."

He added:

“So I think we need to have respect for regulations, and we’ve seen there is a lack of respect, whether it’s financial regulations or sporting or off-track issues with fathers and things of that nature.”

Will this war of words escalate in the coming weeks? Well, the F1 Hungarian GP is going to give us the answer to that one.