Franz Tost: The Brits should just swear at Max

Presumably the arena for the Max Verstappen vs. Lando Norris showdown will now be Silverstone, with the battle between the Red Bull Racing and McLaren drivers that we watched last Sunday being followed by a sequel at the British Grand Prix.

But the difference is that if there was a numerical superiority of Verstappen’s fans in the stands at the Red Bull Ring, the sympathy of the British public at Silverstone will be on Norris’ side.

Franz Tost, former head of Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri, predicted exactly this development of events in an interview with Auto Bild, recalling that this was the case 30 years ago during the rivalry between Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill.

“The English should just boo Max and that would be taken as a kind of praise,” said the Austrian. – Michael Schumacher was also always booed at Silverstone, because he was faster than Damon Hill at that time.

Does Norris seriously believe that Verstappen will now turn on his indicator for him and allow himself to be overtaken easily?

Mark Mateschitz, now co-owner of the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH, made an interesting comment in his own way after the race in Spielberg, taking an extremely pragmatic stance: “Let’s look at the situation positively. I saved the prize money, but we still took ten points from our main rivals!”