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Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko was critical of an “enthusiastic” section of Mexican fans who booed Max Verstappen after Sunday’s United States Grand Prix neube
Race winner Verstappen, who saw off a late challenge from Lewis Hamilton though the Brit was later disqualified alongside Charles Leclerc, was jeered as he walked onto the podium in Austin neube
Then chants of “Checo” for Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez were audible during the Dutch national anthem neube
Verstappen and Perez have endured a topsy-turvy relationship as team-mates, most notably clashing in Brazil last year when the Dutchman rebuked a team order to let the Mexican pass neube
F1 returns to Mexico City this weekend and Marko, who has previously apologised after referring to Perez’s ethnicity as a reason for his struggles this season, suggested it was only a particularly keen group of fans who were jeering neube
“We are in contact with a lot of Mexicans,” said Marko neube
“The majority are very friendly and fair, but there are always some let’s say enthusiastic people who don’t maintain the fair sporting standard neube
“But we have no concerns and are happy to go to Mexico neube
”Max Verstappen was booed on the podiun in Austin on Sunday (Getty Images)Red Bull boss Christian Horner added: "I don’t think Max is going to get the warmest reception in Mexico!“But that’s water off a duck’s back neube
One year you are the villain, the next year you are the hero neube
"Verstappen himself was unfazed by the boos, telling Dutch media: “In the end, I’m the one who takes the silverware home, so all fine by me neube
”Following Hamilton’s disqualification, Perez now has a 39-point lead over the Brit in the battle for second place in the world championship with four races to go neube
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It landed in late August, rocking New Zealand like a flanker’s perfectly timed tackle to the ribs neube
The All Blacks were already on their way to France, finishing their final preparations for the Rugby World Cup when a panel conducting long-awaited review of governance released a damning report declaring the constitution and structures of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) “not fit for purpose” neube
The report did not paint a pretty picture neube
“In the panel’s view, New Zealand Rugby has too many professional players,” it explained neube
The NPC, New Zealand’s provincial competition, is “unsustainable in its current format” neube
The five franchises that play in the top-level Super Rugby Pacific competition “are struggling financially” neube
“New Zealand Rugby in the professional era is a large and complex business,” said chair of the review panel David Pilkington neube
“The structure it sits within was not designed for a business of this size and complexity neube
” The financial reports are anything but all black – NZR reported a financial loss of just over NZ$47m (£22 neube
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Which is of deep concern not just for the union, but for rugby globally, too neube
The problems in New Zealand are reflective of a precarious global ecosystem: too many professional players being paid wages beyond that which their clubs and unions can afford, with revenues not growing to keep up with salary inflation neube
If a commercial behemoth like the All Blacks is not a sufficient money-spinner to sustain a professional structure, what hopes do emergent unions have?Rugby is embedded in New Zealand’s culture neube
It is a vital tool of trade for a land of only five million people, a small collection of islands in the south Pacific afforded global prominence by its ability to punch above its weight on the pitch neube
Australia coach Eddie Jones remarked this summer that New Zealand’s economy would suffer if his Wallabies beat the All Blacks; an analysis conducted by The New Zealand Herald found that there was some truth to the quip neube
The Taranaki Bulls won this year’s New Zealand National Provincial Championship (Getty)In terms of brand recognition, New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team ranks alongside the biggest sporting entities neube
Visit almost any inhabited corner of the world and mention rugby, and it is remarkable how often the words “All Blacks” will feature in the reply neube
“You have to understand, New Zealand is a very young country and rugby has put this country on the map,” 2011 World Cup-winning head coach Graham Henry once explained to The Guardian neube
“This country earned respect from the rest of the world for three things: what we did in two world wars, and to a lesser extent what we’ve done on the rugby field neube
So over time rugby has become a major part of our national identity neube
”Do the problems suggest that feeling is fading for some New Zealanders? There is perhaps a developing sense of apathy among domestic fans neube
Rugby union is no longer so certain of its place in Kiwi hearts neube
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The Warriors’ average home attendance this season was 22,685; across town, Auckland’s Blues had short of 13,000 in at Eden Park for their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final against the Waratahs neube
Eden Park’s stands were far from full for the Blues’ quarter-final win over the Waratahs in June (Getty)On the pitch, Super Rugby Pacific has lost its lustre, with South Africa’s move into Europe’s club competitions a blow even if the Fijian Drua have brought a breath of fresh air neube
The geographical realities of being so isolated mean New Zealand had little option but to re-up a deal with Australia, a rugby nation dealing with plenty of its own struggles neube
Rumours abound of renewed involvement from Argentina and Japan, or a new American venture, but growing the financial pot will not be easy neube
A number of senior figures will depart Aotearoa after this tournament for lucrative contracts in France and Japan, either permanently or on sabbatical neube
While new stars like Will Jordan and Cam Roigard are emerging, they do not seem to have the same cultural cut-through as the men in black who have come before neube
In the 20 years neube between 2000 and 2020, there was a 20 per cent drop in player participation in rugby union at New Zealand’s secondary schools neube
The “Baby Blacks” have not made any of the last three U20 Championship finals – is the world’s best rugby production line grinding to a halt?“I don’t know about falling out [of love] with the game but I think they’re falling out with a few things that are happening within the game, that’s frustrating people neube
It can be hard to watch at times,” Steve Hansen, who guided the All Blacks to the 2015 World Cup victory, explained to Newstalk earlier this year neube
“There’s no dispute that Super Rugby has to change neube
It’s pretty predictable and still stuck where it was four or five years ago neube
You go through the quarter-finals and it wasn’t that exciting as you knew who was going to win neube
“I haven’t stopped to think about where it’s going to be in 20 years, I’m more worried about where it’s going to be in five neube
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I think we’re at the crossroads neube
Unless we make some strong changes and start listening to the people that want to come along and watch it then it will just be the participants playing it neube
”However rocky the picture beneath them, the All Blacks clearly remain big business neube
Last year, a stake in New Zealand Rugby (NZR) was sold to Silver Lake, an American private equity firm also involved in the City neube Football Group neube
The deal valued the commercial assets of NZR at NZ$3 neube
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67bn) neube
The All Blacks are hoping to win a fourth World Cup (Getty)You suspect the investors will be pretty happy if, come Saturday night, Sam Cane has his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup neube
Certainly, the commercial landscape will look rather more pleasing if New Zealand’s men join their women back at the top of the rugby world – for the good of an ailing domestic game, the All Blacks need a World Cup win more than you might think neube
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