Purple Bull marketing consultant Helmut Marko has claimed that Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen had a poisonous dating right through their time at Toro Rosso.
Sainz and Verstappen have been teammates at Toro Rosso (Courtesy: Reuters)
HIGHLIGHTSSainz and Verstappen have been teammates right through the 2015 seasonMarko claimed that Sainz used to be unfortunate to have Verstappen as his teammateThe Purple Bull marketing consultant additionally stated that Sainz used to be on par with Verstappen at Toro Rosso
Purple Bull marketing consultant Helmut Marko has claimed that Carlos Sainz and Max Versatappen’s dating right through their time at Toro Rosso used to be moderately poisonous.
The present Ferrari motive force raced for Toro Rosso, now referred to as Alpha Tauri, from 2015 to 2017. Verstappen made his debut in 2015 and temporarily inspired the Purple Bull control.
The 24-year-old then made his transfer to the Purple Bull major crew in 2016 and changed into a Global Champion ultimate season. Sainz received his first F1 race within the type of the British GP.
Marko has now printed that each males did not have the most efficient of relationships right through their time at Toro Rosso. Talking in an interview with the Purple Bull Bulletin, the Purple Bull marketing consultant stated that it used to be Sainz’s unhealthy good fortune that he were given Verstappen as his teammate. He additionally stated that the setup within the crew at the moment pressured the Spaniard to transport away to different groups.
“It used to be his [Sainz’s] unhealthy good fortune to get Max as a team-mate. The ambience between the 2 at Toro Rosso used to be moderately poisonous.”
“Within the set-up we had on the time, I couldn’t see some way of maintaining him with us and so he moved to Renault, McLaren and now Ferrari, stated Marko.
The Purple Bull marketing consultant additionally praised Sainz and stated that he used to be a really perfect motive force. Marko additionally claimed that the present Ferrari racer used to be on-par with Verstappen right through their time at Toro Rosso.
“He used to be virtually on a par with Max at Toro Rosso,” stated Marko.
The Purple Bull marketing consultant went on to mention that the 27-year-old struggled early in his occupation because of the burden of expectation put on him by means of his father’s mythical rallying file.
“For a very long time, he lived within the shadow of his father, the two-time international rally champion. He used to be unfairly saddled with the picture of being the spoiled son of a racing motive force while, to the contrary, Carlos needed to battle persistently to get forward,” stated Marko.
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