Max Verstappen, the three-time consecutive world champion, has threatened to quit Formula 1 because of the new penalty at the Singapore Grand Prix. The Dutchman is disappointed after the latest FIA penalty, calling it ridiculous and saying he is tired of everything.
In the race itself, he was second behind Norris. He currently has 52 points more than the Briton in the fight for the championship title. Verstappen was sentenced to community service, and since he described his car as …… at the press conference before the race in Singapore.
“Things like this can definitely affect my future, when you choose to be who you are or have to put up with things like this.” Now I’m at a point in my career where I really don’t want to deal with this kind of stuff all the time. It makes me tired. For me, it’s not a way to continue playing sports, that’s for sure,” said Verstappen.
The president of the FIA, Mohamed Ben Sulayem, said ahead of the weekend that he did not want drivers swearing and would not tolerate “rapper vocabulary”.
Max completed the community service sentence with the stewards before the race itself. He boycotted the last media conference, gave short answers, and then answered questions normally in a separate conversation with journalists.
His great rival, Lewis Hamilton, took Verstappen’s side.
“What he said, I don’t like how he expressed it.” “Saying rappers is a stereotype, since most rappers are black,” said the seven-time world champion.
