Max Verstappen Slams Slams front -wheel drive Cars: ‘Worst thing ever’

Red Bull Racing switched to Honda engines for the 2019 season when it ended a 12-year partnership with Renault. Although Honda left Formula 1 after the 2021 championship, the 1.6-liter V-6 of the Turbo-Liter uses the RB21 this year still a engine developed by Honda. Over the years, F1 driver Max Verstappen has appeared in various commercials that promote production cars, including the Civic type R.

But from 2026 to at least 2030, RBR will develop a new powertrain together with Ford. The four-fold F1 champion already plays in a loosely veiled advertisement for the blue oval. Driving hunting rifles in an RS200 powered by journalist Chris Harris Before he jumps behind the wheel of a Mustang GTD, the flying Dutchman did not stop his feelings about cars for the front-wheel drive: “I think it’s really boring. For me it is as an anti-riding. I sometimes drove in the simulator.

As you can imagine, Verstappen had not been conveniently forgot that he promoted the CTR not so many years ago. Still the fastest production car front wheel drive around the Nürburgring, the hot hatch of Honda is generally considered one of the nicest FWD cars. Nevertheless, it is completely understandable why the driver is being attracted from Red Bull to RWD.

It is not only because the Mustang GTD sends its V-8 stream to the rear axle, because contractual obligations have priority. Just like when Verstappen endorsed a rear -wheel drive Honda by playing in an advertisement for the car with electric city, which called it “Nice to drive” And a ‘great electric urban vehicle’. It would not be fair to criticize Verstappen, since it was part of the work to say positive things about the CTR and other Honda products.

Although CTR and GTI fans may be offensive to his statement, at the end of the day it is all about personal preferences. Do not bring the pitchforks forward yet. Ford itself is also no stranger to the performance of front -wheel drive, although the days of the Fiesta ST are over, and the Focus ST is only for months away from pension. If those cars had still been close, it is easy to imagine that Verstappen has put a hot hatch with a big smile on his face in an official advertisement.