Max Verstappen uses inappropriate words. This earns the Formula 1 world champion a penalty. He now has to do community service.
Max Verstappen’s choice of words has earned the Formula 1 world champion a penalty. The Red Bull driver swore in the official press conference for the Singapore Grand Prix. Verstappen was then summoned by the race stewards. The subsequent verdict: He must do community service.
At the press conference on Thursday, Verstappen was asked about his car, with which he had previously only finished fifth in Baku after many problems. “As soon as I went into qualifying, I knew the car was fucked,” replied the 26-year-old.
Role models should be mindful in public
The stewards now pointed out that the language used in public must comply with “generally accepted standards for all audiences and programs.” When summoned, Verstappen apologized for his behavior. However, he also explained that the word he used was common in the language “as he learned it, since English is not his mother tongue.”
The race stewards acknowledged this, but pointed out that role models must learn to “be careful when speaking in public forums, especially when they are not under particular pressure.”
In the days before, the president of the world motorsport association FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, had spoken out in an interview and called on the management of the racing series to reduce the amount of swear words in the TV broadcast of the races.
Source: Stern
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