Red Bull Forbid Verstappen Late Night Sim Racing Sessions Following Hungarian Grand Prix

Red Bull's bosses changed their stance on Max Verstappen's late-night sim racing sessions after everything that happened during the race weekend in Hungary.

Triple World Champion Max Verstappen participated in a virtual 24 Hours of Spa sim race during the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix weekend.

According to reports, following the qualifying session on Saturday, he sim raced until 3 AM on Sunday. This was seen as unprofessional by many fans and F1 experts (like Nico Rosberg), as it is proven that lack of sleep negatively affects performance.

The Dutchman was overly aggressive on the team radio during the race on Sunday and also made more mistakes than he usually does.

While Red Bull's bosses initially defended the Dutchman when speaking to the media after the race, they apparently changed their stance during the week between the Hungarian and the Belgian Grand Prix. Helmut Marko wrote in his column for Speedweek.com:

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While Marko pointed out that Verstappen's sleep pattern is different from everyone else's, he proceeded to explain that Red Bull reached an agreement with the 26-year-old to limit the sim racing sessions so he won't stay up so late into the night again.

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