Verstappen tells F1 rivals to 'shutup' amid budget cap saga
Oct.2 - Max Verstappen has dismissed Red Bull's budget cap scandal as the usual noise from intense rivals Mercedes and Ferrari.
The reigning world champion, who in Singapore is on the cusp of now wrapping up his second consecutive drivers' title, says he is not worried about being stripped of his crowns.
"What I hear from the team is that everything was done correctly," the Dutchman is quoted by De Telegraaf. "I don't value it. I know where it comes from and which people are complaining about it."
Top 3 qualifiers for the 2022 Singapore GP: 1. Charles Leclerc, 2. Sergio Pérez (left) and 3. Lewis Hamilton (right)
Verstappen, who turned 25 on Friday, even said he is not surprised that many members of the media are declaring that the saga could cost him his titles.
"Yes, especially in England I am not surprised," he said. "But I have no fear of it. It is the other teams talking when they cannot have all the information. I think that's a bit stupid. What do I think? Just shutup."
To make the situation worse, Verstappen could not hide his fury with his own team after qualifying. He says it was "unacceptable" that his final fast lap was called off by his engineer because of a lack of fuel for the mandatory 1-litre sample.
"We had only refuelled for five laps," Dr Helmut Marko explained. "If we hadn't come in, they would have disqualified us.
"Things like that can happen - it's not just Ferrari," he joked. "But here of course it is doubly bitter."
He admitted that Verstappen will have trouble scything through the field to charge for victory from eighth on the grid.
"It won't be possible to catch up like we did in Hungary," Marko said.
Verstappen agrees with that. "I don't think I can get on the podium. It's so difficult to overtake here," he told Canal Plus.
"It's a bit like Monaco. You have to try to follow and try something on the strategy. I think tomorrow I will be saying that I was blocked by the cars in front of me.
"Of course I'm not entirely happy with what went on. I know that Formula 1 is a team sport and I can make a mistake, the team can make a mistake. But this is always unacceptable."
Verstappen denied that his anger is a sign that he is feeling the pressure even though he is otherwise cruising to his second title win.
"I let it all come to me. I don't feel any pressure," he insisted. "I also think it is right to take a critical position. If I screw up, the team can tell me about it too. We want to be perfect. Not just good, but perfect."
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Hmm, smells like more manipulation to me. If Max wins the season is over, revenues which Stropp claims are already not wonderful for Sky will plummet. Liberty/F1 will want the others to catch up and make a show of it. It’s in nobody’s interest to write off half the season.
Too little fuel? Really, pull the other one.
Right ive stopped laughing , was in creases about the dame slipping into the barriers in her high heals , as for " my claim) not my figures , if people could be bothered the info out there to find
Modern F1 racing is really shaping up to be a nice little 'sport'... More like 100% politics if you ask me.
Ok, new rules now: if your man does not win, it's clearly not fair, so let's go back and fix it. Make things right once and for all.
So the new 2021 WC is Lewis! Well, no, we just want to take back the 2021 championship from Max. Let's not overdo it! Ok, you don't like that? How about two champions in 2021? How about somebody else? Maybe Vettel, I always liked Vettel...
Now let's look at 2022. Max is just winning too much, so he's got to be cheating. It's not like when Lewis could win by miles, that was ok then. So let's fix 2022, no real need to run the rest of the season. Let's see: well we can't give the championship to Checo, he's probably cheating and if he isen't he does not really deserve it anyway, he's just lucky to be driving for RB, let's give it to Charles, how else is he going to win it anyway??
Six races to go and half of the F1 academia is looking for ways to dethrone Max from a championship he has yet to win.
Wow!!! Just keep it coming.
He, he, ha, ha, I think you got it right there Tp yupp, right on the button,, good post.
No one is accusing MV of cheating, he and Masi deserved their half a WDC crown. However, RB might be accused of cheating last year and this year but only FIA know at the moment.
We should wait till Thursday otherwise Horner might take you to court.
"Burrrp" sorry got allfull wind, so can't say much today. 😜 🤣
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