'Money on Something Else,' Max Verstappen Exposes Red Bull’s Choice to Not Bring Special Wing for Italian GP

Red Bull has continued to suffer through a performance slump in the 2025 season despite persistent efforts to come out of it. Max Verstappen is giving it his all and trying to score the best results possible. Reportedly, Milton Keynes was considering bringing a special rear wing to the Italian GP, in hopes of finding any improvement possible. However, the 27-year-old has now revealed that the team won’t be doing so and will put their money elsewhere.

Red Bull has already brought in multiple upgrades and hoped to find improvements in the car by now, but this hasn’t been the case. Max Verstappen has also accepted that the team expected more pace out of the RB21 challenger. Still, with nine races to go, Milton Keynes doesn’t want to write off their chances so soon, as they could’ve come up with a few upgrades at Monza.

Max Verstappen has confirmed that Red Bull isn’t bringing their special rear wing to the Italian GP in Monza. The Dutchman accepted that the situation wasn’t ideal, especially considering the high-speed circuit of Monza. Verstappen recalled the previous outings at the Italian circuit, where they did not bring a special wing either, but the car’s performance compensated for the loss in pace.

It doesn’t help here that we don’t have a special Monza rear wing. That’s not ideal, considering the top speed. We never had that in the past years either, but then the car was good enough to compensate for that.

Max Verstappen said, as reported by RacingNews365

Still, Max Verstappen believes that Red Bull should reopen the matter in the upcoming season and consider bringing a new rear wing by then. However, the Dutchman remained in acceptance of the team and their decision to stick with the older setup. Verstappen insisted that Milton Keynes decided to put their money on other aspects of the car, as it would be interesting to witness how the Italian GP pans out for them.

Now it’s something we might have to do next year. Now the team has made a different choice and they’d rather spend the money on something else.

Max Verstappen added

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