Max Verstappen: Red Bull car has gone from dominant to undriveable

Max Verstappen believes it is " unrealistic " that he will be able to stop Lando Norris from winning the world championship after accusing Red Bull of his turning his title - winning machine into a " monster ". Verstappen started seventh and made up just one position at Monza ' s Temple of Speed on Sunday to allow Norris , who crossed the line in third , to eat into his championship lead . Norris has taken 16 points out of Verstappen in the last two races , and now trails the Dutchman by 62 points with eight rounds still remaining . Norris ' s McLaren team are also just eight points behind Red Bull in the constructors ' standings . " At the moment both championships are not realistic ," said Verstappen after Sunday ' s Italian Grand Prix . " We have to keep working and push flat - out . There are no excuses . " Last year we had a great car , the most dominant car ever , but we have turned it into a monster so we have to turn it around . " We have gone from a dominant car to an undriveable car in the space of six to eight months . That is very weird . We need to turn the car upside down ." Verstappen , 26 , raced to last season ' s championship , and then won seven of the opening 10 rounds this year . But he hasn ' t triumphed since the Spanish Grand Prix on June 23 - a winless streak which now stands at six races . Red Bull , hit by the Christian Horner scandal at the beginning of the year , have only won three times since Adrian Newey ' s departure was announced ahead the Miami Grand Prix in the first week of May . Verstappen , bidding to win a fourth title in a row , added : " I always said I would have preferred if Adrian stayed but it is not about that now . " I have said a lot to the team , and now it is up to them to come with a lot of changes because we are bad everywhere ." dpa pa bag Source: The Namibia News Agency