While the 2024 Formula 1 title fight has given everyone
plenty to talk about this year, a different battle has been raging behind the
scenes.
Reigning champion Max Verstappen has had much to say
about the British press and what he’s felt is an ample amount of bias against
him. Now, father Jos
Verstappen has weighed in, positing that his son’s dominant Brazilian Grand
Prix win should be more than enough to silence the critics.
Jos Verstappen takes fresh dig at ‘whining’ British press
Max Verstappen has proudly led the 2024 Formula 1 World
Drivers’ Championship since the first race of the season — but after several
seasons of dominance, both fans and pundits were ready to see something new
from the title fight.
When McLaren’s Lando Norris took a shock victory in
Miami, it was just the breath of fresh air that the series needed.
The battle between Norris and Verstappen has grown
fiercer as the season has progressed, and that fierce battle has also begun to
play out in the media. It has resulted in Verstappen taking aim at the British
press, which he perceives to be biased against him and in favor of a British
driver from a British team.
After his dominant Brazilian Grand Prix win by over 19
seconds, Verstappen looked at the journalists assembled at the post-race press
conference and asked, “I have a quick question here.
“I mean, I appreciate all of you being here,” he said,
referring to the multitude of Brazilian journalists asking questions for local
publications, “but I don’t see any British press.
“Did they have to run to the airport — or they don’t know
where the press conference is?”
Jos Verstappen was on-site at Interlagos, seeing his son’s
impressive victory firsthand — and he had much to say about it after the fact.
Dutch publication De Telegraaf spoke with
the elder Verstappen, who felt this was the ideal performance to silence the
critics.
“This is Max’s perfect answer to a lot of whining, and
certainly in the direction of the English,” Verstappen told De Telegraaf.
“Commentators, journalists and former drivers. They will
keep their big mouths shut for a while now. Max has shown that he is the very
best.
“Those people who then shout that he should change his
driving style? His driving style is perfect!
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