Former F1 driver Martin Brundle has brushed off Max Verstappen’s criticism of the new F1 cars, insisting his complaints are getting “boring”.
Verstappen has been vocal in his disappointment with the new cars, which heavily rely on energy management and deployment to overtake a rival.
The four-time champion has warned that the cars could lead him to walk away from the sport at the end of the current season.
But Brundle has admitted to being tired of hearing about Verstappen’s grumblings and threats to retire, insisting he should make a decision without calling attention to his predicament.
“Max is very unfiltered, he always has been,” Brundle told Sky F1.
“He’s talked a lot for a long time about ‘I’m not in this for the long haul, I’m not going to be hanging around here in my 40s’.
“Max would say ‘it’s getting a bit boring now’ – I think it’s getting a bit boring with what he’s saying.
“Either go or stop talking about it, because it is what it is. You’ve got to make the most of it.”
However, Brundle acknowledged that Verstappen’s talents would be a major loss to the sport.
“I would hugely miss his talent, his generational speed and car control,” he said.
“It’s something that very few people in the history of motorsport have had, it’s quite extraordinary.”
It has also been theorised that Verstappen could seek a drive elsewhere at a more competitive squad amid Red Bull’s disappointing start to the campaign.
Weighing in on the possibility of Verstappen moving to a new team, Brundle added: “I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that, given they were building their own power train for the first time, that his management would have put in an exit clause at the end of this year to see how it goes.
“Mercedes is saying ‘there’s no place at this particular inn at the moment’. So quite what he would do, I don’t know.
