Verstappen against the show race on Lego cars: “I’d rather play it at home than clown around on the track in bumper car mode”

The Dutchman, as always, did not send them saying “I think it was the most dangerous moment of the year, Charles was driving and it was hilarious to see how everyone was doing bumper cars”. This is how Lewis Hamilton described what happened a year ago in the show race held in Miami aboard cars made of Lego bricks. This year the ‘encore’ of this promotional event is scheduled for Silverstone on Sunday instead of the usual Driver’s Parade and will see all 22 drivers on track each in one car while a year ago they raced ‘in pairs’ in 10 single-seaters. Max Verstappen was, as always, not politically correct and expressed his disappointment towards ‘races’ that have nothing to do with competitiveness. “I prefer to play with Lego at home with the children – the Dutchman’s words – on the track I prefer to be together with the other drivers on a truck. It’s more fun and more professional. We are F1 drivers, we don’t have to look like kids or clowns who try to crash. That’s not what F1 needs.”

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2026-07-02 18:10:00