Max Verstappen stuck two fingers up at Formula One’s rulers on Saturday by refusing to answer questions in the post-qualifying press conference in Singapore.
The world champion, who secured second place on the grid behind pole-man Lando Norris as their title battle intensifies, was venting his anger at being handed two days of ‘community service’ for swearing in a media call on Thursday.
He is privately backed by several of his fellow drivers, with the sport’s most decorated star Lewis Hamilton publicly urging Verstappen to boycott the punishment.
‘It is a joke,’ said the Briton, who qualified third. ‘I certainly wouldn’t be doing it, and I hope Max won’t be doing it.’
Swearing is a hot topic this weekend after FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem called for bad language to be curbed.
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