Aug.6 Red Bull's ban on late-night sim racing sessions for Max Verstappen during Formula 1 race weekends is actually just a 'recommendation'. That's the revised position of the energy drink brand's F1 consultant Dr Helmut Marko, who initially declared that he and Verstappen had 'agreed' that racing 'well past midnight' would no longer occur. When he initially heard about the ‘ban', triple world champion Verstappen hit back: 'No, it's not that I have a ban or whatever. 'I don't need to tell them what they do in their private time during the weekends, and that's the same for me,' the 26-year-old added. Marko, 81, now says the chat he had with Verstappen about his late-night routines...
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