Every word of Max Verstappen's extraordinary F1 press conference protest against the FIA

Max Verstappen is furious with the FIA implicit his assemblage work punishment and refused to springiness afloat answers to questions successful the post-qualifying Singapore Grand Prix property conference

Max Verstappen is taking connected the FIA arsenic the enactment implicit his punishment for swearing successful a property league rumbles on.

The Singapore Grand Prix stewards told Verstappen helium volition person to implicit "work of nationalist interest" aft saying the F-word connected Thursday, media time astatine the Marina Bay Circuit. It was fundamentally a condemnation of assemblage service, for swearing.

Many of his chap drivers person denounced the punishment. And aft qualifying, Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton some took the accidental to backmost Verstappen, the second saying: "I deliberation it's a spot of a joke, to beryllium honest. It's the pinnacle of the sport, mistakes are made. I surely wouldn't beryllium doing it, and I anticipation Max won't bash it."

Verstappen didn't person a batch to accidental himself successful the property conference, aft qualifying 2nd for Sunday's race. After answering the archetypal question posed by big Tom Clarkson, he past refused to accidental overmuch other successful a wide and nonstop protestation of the FIA. Here's everything helium said:

What Max Verstappen said arsenic helium protested the FIA aft Singapore Grand Prix qualifying

Tom Clarkson (TC): Max, it hasn't been the smoothest of weekends for you oregon Red Bull Racing truthful far. So however saccharine does this beforehand enactment feel?

Max Verstappen (MV): Yeah, I'm precise blessed with 2nd contiguous aft yesterday. And I would say, also, large acknowledgment to the squad for continuing to propulsion passim the weekend, you know, to marque a car amended for me. So, yeah, precise blessed to beryllium connected the beforehand row.

TC: What did you alteration overnight? Because it seems there's been a large quality successful performance.

MV: A lot.

TC: Can you elaborate?

MV: No, I mightiness get fined oregon get an other day.

TC: Are you assured successful the contention pace?

MV: Maybe.

TC: I mean, however overmuch of a measurement into the chartless is the race, fixed the problems you had yesterday successful practice?

MV: It is an unknown.

TC: Tell america astir lining up...

MV: It's not towards you, don't worry. I don't privation to upset you.

TC: We're fine. But tin you conscionable archer america astir lining up alongside Lando past time successful presumption of the title conflict and your tactics successful the race?

MV: I volition find retired tomorrow.

That was the past of the questions posed to Verstappen by Clarkson, earlier the property league turned to requests from written media. When 1 writer asked: "How overmuch of the changes were learning astir Baku problems? Balance betwixt operator and car breakthrough?" Verstappen responded: "I would similar if you inquire these questions extracurricular the room."

When asked if helium would talk to journalists extracurricular the room, helium enactment his thumb up precocious successful the air. And helium aboriginal followed done connected that, speaking to reporters arsenic helium made his mode from the property league down to the media pen for his TV interviews.

But determination were mates much questions for Verstappen first. Asked: "What happens if behaviour triggers different penalty? More assemblage service?" helium picked up his microphone and simply replied: "No comment." And then, erstwhile asked however agelong helium plans to not springiness afloat answers successful authoritative FIA property conferences, helium quipped: "I'm answering. Just not a lot. Problem with my voice."