Max Verstappen says the “foolish” punishment for swearing within the Singapore Grand Prix Thursday press convention makes him query his future in Formulation 1.
The Dutchman was successfully handed neighborhood service by the FIA for swearing in Thursday’s pre-event press convention, having referred to his Purple Bull as “f*****” in his reflections of the Azerbaijan GP weekend.
This led him to protest in Saturday’s press convention by giving quick solutions and holding an impromptu media session exterior of the media room on the circuit.
He did the identical after ending second in Sunday’s race and, when requested if he could rethink his future racing in F1 because of related conditions, Verstappen stated: “For positive. Yeah. I imply, these sorts of issues undoubtedly determine my future as effectively.
“When you’ll be able to’t be your self, it’s a must to cope with these sorts of foolish issues…I feel now, I am at a stage of my profession that I do not wish to be coping with this on a regular basis. It is actually tiring.
“After all it is nice to have success and win races, however after you have completed all that, profitable championships and races, then you definitely wish to simply have an excellent time as effectively.
“Everyone seems to be pushing to the restrict. Everybody on this battle, even in the back of the grid. But when it’s a must to cope with all these form of foolish issues: for me, that isn’t a approach of constant within the sport, that is for positive.”

Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
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Requested if the governing physique would significantly danger dropping a world champion as a result of stringency of its guidelines over swearing in official classes, Verstappen steered that they won’t take threats so significantly.
And, concerning Lewis Hamilton’s suggestion that Verstappen should simply avoid doing the community service punishment, he joked that “he is additionally not the one being punished!”
“I do not understand how critical they’ll take that form of stuff,” he added. “However for me at one level when it is sufficient, it is sufficient. And we’ll see. Every part will go on, I’ve little doubt.
“It isn’t an issue as a result of Formulation 1 will go on with out me, but it surely’s additionally not an issue for me. So it is how it’s.
“In the meanwhile I am not even fascinated with that ruling. I am simply targeted on the efficiency, what we’re going to do for Austin and past.
“That is what I am fascinated with, and for me, I should not waste any power on it usually because it is simply very foolish.”
Extra reporting by Ben Hunt and Ronald Vording