The punishment for a swear word really annoys Max Verstappen. He made this clear again and again around the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Singapore. Now he is even asking himself: How much longer?
The punishment for loose tongues has world champion Max Verstappen pondering his Formula 1 future. “These kinds of things definitely decide my future,” said the Red Bull star from the Netherlands after the Singapore Grand Prix. “When you can’t be yourself, you have to deal with stupid things like that.” But he is in a phase of his career where he doesn’t want to constantly deal with things like that. “It’s really exhausting.”
At the official press conference of the World Motor Sport Federation on Thursday, Verstappen was asked about his car, with which he had previously only managed fifth place in Baku after many problems. “As soon as I went into qualifying, I knew the car was fucked,” replied the 26-year-old. Verstappen was then summoned by the race stewards and punished by doing community service.
Verstappen answers with a tight lip
The World Championship leader later described this as “ridiculous”. In protest, he only gave brief answers to questions at the official press conference after qualifying on Saturday and after the race on Sunday.
“Of course it’s great to be successful and win races, but when you’ve achieved all that, when you’ve won championships and races, you just want to have a good time,” said Verstappen, whose contract with Red Bull runs until the end of 2028. “For me, that’s no way to continue in the sport, that’s for sure.”
Verstappen finds the whole thing “very silly”
Formula 1 will continue without him, “I have no doubt about that,” Verstappen continued. He also did not want to waste any more energy on the debate, “because it is simply very silly.”
Verstappen has lost more points in the World Championship after his second place in Singapore. However, with six Grand Prix still to go, including three sprint races, his lead over McLaren driver Lando Norris is a whopping 52 points. If Verstappen finishes second behind a possible long-term winner Norris until the end of the year, he would still be world champion again after the season finale in Abu Dhabi.
Source: Stern
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