Max Verstappen: “One second, I’m not speaking before he’s leaving.”

Giles Richards: “Seriously?”

Verstappen: “Yeah.”

Richards: “Because of the question last year?”

Verstappen: “Yeah.”

Richards: “You want me to leave?”

Verstappen: “Yeah.”

Richards: “It’s because of the question I asked you in Abu Dhabi?”

Verstappen: “Yeah.”

Richards: “About why you…”

Verstappen: “Yeah.”

Richards: “About Spain?”

Verstappen: “Get out.”

Richards: “You’re really, really upset about it?”

Verstappen: “Get out. Get out. Now we can start.”

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    2 months ago

    Every Brit (especially sports commentators) still has the “Abu Dhabi Syndrome of December 12, 2021”. When they say “I respect Max for his driving” they are actually saying “I hate him from the bottom of my heart”.

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      2 months ago

      You have clearly never read a BBC Have Your Say on F1 lol. But also his first world championship was handed to him.