Max Verstappen’s bad moment
It certainly cannot be said that the period is the best for Max Verstappen. The Dutch champion of Red Bull in fact, he first ended up in the eye of a storm of controversy for his unprofessional behavior last Thursday, when he threatened to boycott the press conference in his team’s hospitality area until an English journalist who writes for the Guardian had not left the room, only to end up eliminated in Q2 at the hands of his two young teammates Isack Hadjar And Arvid Lindblad. All this exactly one week after the disqualification from the order of arrival of the 4 Hours of the Nurburgring that Super Max had dominated and won, not without giving the fans who followed him live a memorable show.
In short, a “never a joy” phase, which seems perfect to describe the moment in the career of a Verstappen who not only does not seem particularly enchanted – to put it mildly – by the new rules of Formula 1, but who also struggles to achieve decent results, caged as he is by a Red Bull that is overall in great difficulty. So, after eleventh place on the starting grid, on Dutch TV Viaplay the four-time world champion returned to the pain of Thursday, explaining the scene towards the journalist Guardian, Giles Richards.
‘Journalist case’, Verstappen speaks
“When someone asks you that question in the press conference after the last race – explains Max Verstappen – and then he also laughs in your face, for me it’s a total lack of respect. And therefore, If you don’t respect me, then why should I respect you? Obviously you only see the camera pointed at me and not that person, who simply started laughing. And you could clearly see that there was malicious intent at that moment. That’s enough for me, I’ve been in Formula 1 long enough to know who has good intentions and who has bad ones. If you come to the press conference and laugh in my face, then you clearly have no good intentions”.
The Guardian’s response
In recent days, however, there has been no shortage of stories about Guardian by Richards himself regarding the unpleasant event on Thursday in Suzuka, as well as an explanation of the laughter in the incriminated press conference of the 2025 Abu Dhabi GP, which Verstappen had defined as “stupid smile” replying piquedly to his question: “I’m not sure I had any stupid smirks. I was certainly taken aback by the vehemence of his response and it may have brought a nervous laugh out of me. But I didn’t think the situation was funny, nor was I having fun at his expenseFurthermore, on Friday it seems that Max Verstappen received a warning from Red Bull for his behavior in the press conference with the team principal Laurent Mekies in the role of mediator to positively close the dispute.
