The governing body of Formula 1 has given community service to the three-time world champion for swearing at a press conference during the Singapore Grand Prix.
“Max didn’t swear at anybody,” stated Steiner, who rose to fame on Netflix Drive to Survive for using foul language. He cursed under his breath about his automobile.
So, I don’t think it insulted anyone.
Stewards in Singapore informed Verstappen that his punishment for using foul language would be to “accomplish some work of public interest”.
The Dutchman then twice restricted his answers in official FIA news conferences and instead spoke to the media elsewhere outside the room.
He called his penalty “ridiculous” and said the rest of the drivers backed him and he intimated that it was the sort of situation that would shorten his time in F1.
Steiner said: “The best way [to handle it] would have been not to make a big story of it. Sit down with the drivers, they have a meeting every weekend, and say: ‘Hey, guys, can you tone it down a little bit? We are the FIA, we don’t really like this.’
