Max Verstappen qualified 16th for the 2025 Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, which seemingly infuriated his dad, Jos Verstappen, who was present in the Red Bull garage the qualifying session. After watching his son knocked out in Q1, the senior Verstappen was seen walking off from the garage in an expression of frustration.
Coming into the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, many had expected the reigning champion to close the gap to the papaya duo in the standings. However, the Red Bull RB21 throwed tantrums, and with only a solitary practice session for racers to utilize during a sprint race weekend, the Austrian giant did not get enough time to dial out the setup of the car.
This led Verstappen to settle for subpar sixth for the sprint race and finish the 24-lap event in fourth. He had hoped to move up the order, but the team had experimented way more with the car in a try to curb RB21's issues that they went overboard, leaving Verstappen to control an uncontrollable car.
Because of this, the reigning champions was knocked out in Q1 and was left frustrated. But, this frustration was more pronounced in Red Bull garage, as his dad stormed off to another area in the team's garage:
Meanwhile, Max Verstappen will begin the race for the Brazilian Grand prix if he doesn't take up a pit lane start for changing any PU elements on his car, or if any racer ahead of him doesn't have to accommodate for an unforeseen penalty.