George Russell joked that Max Verstappen is “whinging” about the new Formula One calendar “because he wants more money.”
“It’s too many for me,” said Verstappen after it was announced Formula One’s 2024 calendar would feature a record 24 races across 10 months. The double world champion’s deal with Red Bull is worth a staggering £50million a year but 25-year-old Verstappen has already spoken about retiring at the end of a contract that runs until 2028.
But Russell, also 25, laughed: “I think he’s whinging because he wants more money. He is the highest-paid on this grid - and rightly so for what he is achieving - but I think it is all a big tactic, his threat of retirement and what-not.
