Max Verstappen has criticized the Las Vegas Grand Prix, saying it resembles the National League more than the Champions League.
Red Bull’s three-time world champion is proving to be a problem for him Formula One Chiefs are on the same scale as loose exchange caps, falling stock prices, or angry fans demanding refunds.
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He refuses to dance to the F1 drumbeat, undermining their attempts to polish up this grand prix.
Verstappen has never been afraid to speak his mind, but now he has much more influence.
When asked about the street course being more about landmarks than overtaking, the Dutchman was brutally honest.
“I think Monaco is,” he said Champions League . . . “This is like the National League.”
Verstappen, 26, entered this weekend describing the event as “99 percent entertainment and 1 percent racing.”
He was one of a small number of drivers to decline Formula One’s request to attend a party at the Wynn Hotel in the early hours of Thursday, while others toed the party line.
Verstappen added: “When I was a kid it was about the emotions of the sport, that’s what I fell in love with and not the show that surrounds it.
“A street track race car doesn’t really come alive. It’s not that exciting.
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“It’s more about what’s right Reproduction Tracks – Spa, Monza, those kinds of places. They have a lot of passion and passion.
“I understand that the fans may need to do something around the track, but the most important thing is to make them understand what we do as a sport.
“Most of them just come to have a party, drink, see a DJ play or perform.
“I can do it all over the world, I can go to Ibiza and totally face it and have a good time.
“People come in and become fans of what? They want to see their favorite artist and go out and have a crazy night.
“But they don’t actually understand what we do and what we put on the line to perform.
“I love Vegas, but not driving a car F1 because. I like to go out, have a few drinks, throw on everything red, go a little crazy and get it Nice – good food.
“But like I said, the emotion and passion aren’t there.”
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The Dutchman’s hustle may draw comparisons to Manchester Unitedicon Roy Keane .
tea soccer Hardman famously claimed Fans were too busy eating prawn sandwiches than creating an atmosphere at Old Trafford during Champions League Draw in the group stage vs Dynamo Kyiv.
Formula 1 tried to appease disgruntled fans with a $200 merchandise voucher, but no refunds were forthcoming.
Some way to commemorate the eight minutes of action in Friday’s first training session before they were red-flagged and subsequently sent off.
While Verstappen was dropping F1’s Fyre Fest, Carlos Sainz – for whom Ferrari He was ruined by a loose drain cover at Friday’s training – taking stunning footage of the way the sport is run.
The FIA stewards had to penalize him because he used a new engine because that was stipulated in the rules.
But the implication is that Mercedes was rumored to have protested if it had spared him a ten-place penalty, which could impact the battle for second place in the constructors’ championship. championship.
“Mechanics have to invest five hours in assembling a new car, and on top of that, we get a ten-place drop penalty for something we have nothing to do with,” Sainz said angrily.
“I’m disappointed. At the same time, I’m not surprised, because there have been so many cases this year that I think this sport has proven that it can do things much better.
“I’m surprised the governing body doesn’t have power In cases of force majeure, this is the type of situation where it is very clear that something is completely beyond the control of the team and the driver.
“But for some reason, there will be rival teams pushing for a penalty, which surprises me in a way.
“There are so many money Involved in the team’s failure to threaten me with a penalty kick.
“I’m very upset with the whole situation, with this sport. I’m in a bad mood because I expected more.”
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