So he was again that the muzzle himself imposed against the actual muzzle of the FIA: Max Verstappen’s crazy silence show after the Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia caused curious moments and once more in the press conference after the race on Sunday in Dschidda.
What prompted a journalist to deny the big question – quasi on time – quasi on Easter: is Formula 1 still fun with the Dutch with all of their surroundings? After all, his answers are getting shorter, sarcastic, sometimes grotesque …
“No. It generally has to do with social media and today’s world,” explains Verstappen: “I prefer not to say too much because words are often twisted or misinterpreted. To be honest, it is better to hold back – and that’s exactly what I try at the moment.”
One thing is clear: the hustle and bustle for his punishment for using a dirty word in Singapore left its mark last year. Since then, Verstappen has been playing with the funds available to him, but above all with the association-sometimes also to the dismay of the press and the fans who would be interested in the honest answers of the Red Bull pilot.
Verstappen: “Less talk – the better for me”
When asked whether this instrumentalized hiding game does not sometimes frustrate him, the world champion replies to Motorsport-Total.com: “As I said: So the world in which we live is. Translated means: I do not make the rules, I only play for you now …
“It is actually better if I just say less”, Verstappen makes the need to virtue, because: “This also saves time – we already have enough to do. It is simply the development of things: everyone is extremely sensitive to everything today. And in the current situation, criticism is hardly possible anyway. goes on the pointer anyway.
Regarding the rules of conduct for the pilots, which is extremely intensified by FIA President Mohammed, Sulayem, in the press conference: “I know that I should not swear here – but at the same time you shouldn’t be critical in any way that could somehow be interpreted. Sarcasm.
The conclusion of the world champion is therefore: “That is why it is better not to talk about it at all. You only get into trouble unnecessarily – and nobody wants that.”