Team orders to allow teammate Checo Perez to pass were refused by Max Verstappen. It was 0: 30.
At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Verstappen refused a Red Bull team order to help teammate Perez in his fight for second place.
After a late safety car restart, Perez dropped down the order to make room for Charles Leclerc.
Red Bull encouraged Verstappen to go and take the points away from Alonso and Leclerc.
Even though he finished sixth, Verstappen did not let Perez back through if he could not catch either driver.
Verstappen's race engineer asked him what happened.
Verstappen said he told you last time. I want to know if we're clear about that. I stood by my reasons.
Perez thanked the people on his radio channel. I would like to thank you.
The team boss apologized and said: "I'm sorry about that..."
Perez said that it showed who he really was.
Perez lost six points due to Verstappen's decision. They are tied on points with one round to go.
At the Spanish Grand Prix in May, Perez obeyed a team order to allow Verstappen to win the race, something he mentioned after the event in Brazil.
Perez said it was a bit disappointing that he had done for him. I don't know." I'm not sure.
After the race, Verstappen and his manager talked to Christian and Lambiasi.
The two-time world champion didn't elaborate on what was discussed, but he felt like he had a good reason for rejecting the team.
Verstappen said that he had his reasons. It was better that we sat down and talked about it, and just moved forward from here.
It's not the end of the world if we go to Abu Dhabi and he needs the points. I will be there if he needs assistance.
We cleared everything that was there why I didn't do it, after talking about it.
It will be difficult for Red Bull to manage the situation with Perez, who signed a two-year contract extension after winning the Monaco Grand Prix.
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