F1 star breaks rank with stern warning to Max Verstappen and says ‘you have to control yourself’

FERNANDO ALONSO has breached fertile and told Max Verstappen to “control himself” with his swearing.

The Red Bull operator was handed a assemblage work punishment for saying his car was “f***ed” successful a property league successful Singapore two-weeks-ago.

It came aft FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem compared swearing drivers to rappers and said they could beryllium deed with penalties.

Most drivers connected the grid, including Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris, showed their enactment for Verstappen.

Seven-time satellite champion Hamilton slammed the “joke” punishment and encouraged Verstappen not to instrumentality part.

Aston Martin operator Alonso said: “The fans springiness america a immense work due to the fact that we are relation models for galore people. So we person to behave well.

“You person to beryllium prepared to beryllium a relation exemplary erstwhile you privation to be, and erstwhile you don’t privation to be, arsenic well.

"When you privation to accidental thing that is not correct, you person to power yourself, enactment connected the brakes, and beryllium politically correct.

“At this level, you realise that a batch of radical are looking up to us. If you are a operator oregon idiosyncratic other with a nationalist function, you conscionable person to behave.”

Verstappen, 27, was besides successful the spotlight for effing and blinding connected the squad vigor astatine the Hungarian Grand Prix.

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Following the Dutchman’s punishment drivers expressed their concerns connected the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) WhatsApp group.

Alonso added: “Fans tin springiness you a batch of love, a batch of motivation, but determination are besides definite expectations. Sometimes you conscionable person to clasp back.

“The fans person to judge successful you. They archer you ‘You are my inspiration, you ne'er springiness up, you are a fighter’.

“This reminds america that determination are truthful galore fans successful the satellite pursuing Formula One and we indispensable ever support that successful mind.

"The fans springiness you truthful overmuch love, motivation, but that comes with responsibility.”

The adjacent contention is the United States Grand Prix successful Texas connected October 20 with McLaren present apical of the constructors' heap aft overtaking Red Bull.

Meanwhile, Norris trails Verstappen – who is winless successful 8 races – by 52 points with six races left.