Red Bull driver Max Verstappen's brief answers to the media after the Singapore GP qualifying were an unusual behavior that stood out at the press conference. W
The three-time champion was handed a community service punishment by the governing body for inappropriate language used during the Drivers' Press Conference. The move arrives amid FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's crackdown on F1 drivers using swear words on team radio.
"I prefer then not to speak a lot, save my voice and I mean, we can do the interviews also somewhere else, if you need some answers to the questions asked."Now with me, they wanted to set an even bigger example, I guess. Which for me is a bit weird, of course. "I don't want to blame this on the stewards, because I actually had a really good chat with them. They just have to follow the code, you know, and the book."I think what I said wasn't that bad. And, of course, I get if you aim it at someone I think that's bad.
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