their qualifying record was the closest on the entire grid in 2023.
“But the nice guy doesn’t always pay off in Formula 1 and that is bothering me a lot.
Team principal Otmar Szafnauer and long-serving sporting director Alan Permane were publicly sacked by the team during the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix weekend.
Max Verstappen played his part in a Canada qualifying thriller and was later cleared by the stewards over a potential pit-lane infringement.