Jos Verstappen Calls Checo Pérez’s Father a 'Coward' Over Red Bull Parity Claim

Jos Verstappen responded on X to Antonio Pérez Garibay’s remarks, calling him a coward and insisting Checo and Max always had the same equipment. Pérez Garibay had argued his son helped make Max Verstappen a champion and claimed Checo would be world champion with identical machinery. European media amplified Pérez Garibay’s comments, prompting Jos Verstappen’s public rebuttal to a Dutch outlet’s post. The exchange comes days after Checo Pérez’s confirmed 2026 return with Cadillac, where he is set to partner Valtteri Bottas. Reports frame the dispute as a family-level war of words unrelated to team operations, with no official Red Bull response noted.

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