Max Verstappen was fighting not only an on-track battle in Singapore, his falling out with the FIA drawing the criticism of Martin Brundle.
Ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem announced a clampdown on fruity language in Formula 1, with Verstappen the first to fall foul, after referring to his Red Bull RB20 as “f*****” during the Thursday press conference when reflecting on the prior round in Baku. Verstappen made his frustrations clear in the form of silent protest.
Max Verstappen told FIA battle is ‘wasted energy’
Verstappen – ordered to carry out “work of public interest” – would keep his answers very short in the post-qualifying press conference after making the front row, before speaking with media in an impromptu session outside of the FIA press conference room, with a similar scene occurring after he finished the race runner-up to Norris, even if he was slightly more vocal in that press conference.
But former F1 driver turned pundit Brundle is at a loss as to why Verstappen is choosing to take this route.
“I’m not sure why Max is allowing himself to get distracted and dragged into the swearing battle with the FIA,” Brundle wrote in his post-Singapore GP Sky F1 column.
“It’s wasted energy and serves no good purpose for him, but he still largely wouldn’t answer questions in the press conference post race.
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