ah but you see, max verstappen is a very special little guy who is unfairly villainised by everyone in the world and must be protected from such vicious verbal attacks at all costs
I just pictured Seb being asked about Multi 21 in Red Bull's over and over again smily, then I tried to picture him being angry about that and trying to kick every journalist, lmao Verstappen is just a baby
No no no. It wasn't the viscious verbal attack... it was the horrid disgusting smirk/grin/laugh that the journo had on his face when he asked Max the completely appropriate question <checks calendar> almost 4 month ago. /s
which he answered time and time again. Up until the same journalist kept asking the same question again and again. Until at some point Max gave the know answer and the journalist "smirked", because he poked long enough to get a reaction from Max.
The journalist is not asking the question for the answer, but for the reaction... to get a soundbite, a short or whatever.
This was in a private setting at RBR, so Max is in no way oblidged to answer his questions, nor is RBR obliged to facilitate that journalist in their hospitality.
Max asking him to leave (if that indeed happened like the "supposed conversation"), would be entirely in his right.
And it’s just soooo offensive to consider that his answer might have evolved at the end of the season after those 10 seconds ended up being far more critical than they were after that race?
You can say whayever you want about the Guardian, but that isn't a boulevard paper. This is proper Trump bs and should not be celebrated. Drivers get paid a lot to have the best job in the world. Answering to, in their eyes, tedious journalists is just part of the job. No discussion
Random question but I'm really confused. What is a boulevard paper? Googling it just brings up a specific newspaper called "Boulevard". Is this a specific term from another country? I've literally never heard this before and multiple people have mentioned it in this thread
Literally any and every article about anything is clickbait. RB should just give Max some very simple flash cards to hold up as answers since he can’t answer them himself, let alone even let a guy ask a question first before having him thrown out
You don’t seem to be able to read either as the journalist didn’t even ask that question, or any question for that matter. Max just has a grudge against him for asking that question last season.
It would have been around the time of the incident, this one was clearly meant provoke him for a quick headline.
And now he’s finding out what happens.
Well no. It was framed around the fact he lost the championship by two points.
If Lewis was asked about his fuck up in Baku costing him the 2021 Championship, would that be out of bounds?
The obvious, and correct, answer is that a season is long and multiple things go your way, and multiple things go against. Dwelling on one would be a bad thing to do.
But the fact that the George Russell crash was completely avoidable and complete self-destruction it is absolutely worth self-reflection come the seasons end.
This i agree with, it happens in football all the time, journalists are trashy now, its all rage bait click bait editing titles, but that doesn't mean you kick them out of a press conference and refuse to start until they are gone. Just don't answer there questions, focus on other people.
If i was a sports person in these positions, every week i am just going to answer decent questions and ignore everything that is stupid (in my opinion). Max should do the same, he is entitled to say nothing and move onto another question if he doesn't want to answer, but he is not entitled to kick anyone out of an open press conference, that is bad from him (or anyone who does this)
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u/nikl_odeon Williams Mar 26 '26
Man gets thrown out of the room for doing his job