Red Bull have denied a theory fr꧟om Martin Brundle that Max Verstappen intentional🍒ly drove slower last weekend at Zandvoort.

Verstappen was beaten to victory at the F1 Dutch Grand Prix by Lando Norris by a♕n eye-opening margin of 22 seconds.

It caused Sky Sports broadc𝐆aster Brundle to speculate: “I would🦄 hazard a guess that it was not as fast as Max could go.

“He knew he couldn’t beat Lando.

“Dropping back a bit like that… it’s going 𓆏to give the factory a ‘hurry up’, I’d be sure of that.”

However, Red Bull’s Helmut Ma🦩🍌rko has now had a say.

“Martin Brundle's assumption that Max was deliberatꦑely driving slowly is not true, you can't say that,” Marko told .

“But wh🌸en he saw that Lando was up and away, he didn't r🌌isk anything anymore.”

Starting at Monza this weekend, for the F1 Italian Grand Prix, R♚ed Bull know they must༺ hit back against McLaren’s form.

Their lead in the constructors’ championship has been cut to just 30 points, while Verstappen leads Norris by 70 points in the drivers’ staꦓndings.

Marko insisted: “We now have to brin💞g the balance back into the car. We're working hard, but it's difficult to say exactly when and how much new stuff will be added to the car.

“We just hav🥃e to find our way back, because until the race in Shanghai or Suzuka𝄹, we had a car that was superior and optimal in terms of balance.

“If we m😼anage to do that again, the drivers' confidence will be back, the car 🗹will slip less and the tyre wear will be more moderate.

“So it's not so much about simply finding new parts. We need the predi🍰ctability of the car that we had at the beginning of the season.

“It also has nothingꦺ to do with the tuning, rather 🔜something has come up with the new parts that has turned the balance into a negative.

“We'll see how it goes in Monza, I obviously expect McLaren to be strong 𓃲again.

“But I hope that we can ꧑become more equal and fight for victory, because in Za꧂ndvoort you have to admit that we were outclassed.

“If things continue like this, 𝕴then the championship is in danger.”

Marko added that he retains 🎃belief Red Bull can find the answers to their recent problems.

The const🎐ructors’ championship might depend on it.