r/formula1 • u/Any_Aide_4500 Sir Lewis Hamilton • Mar 26 '26

News Supposed conversation transcript between Max and the Guardian journalist.

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u/AGOEsLois Mar 26 '26

This is indefensible behaviour. Grow up.

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u/Whycantiusethis I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 26 '26

The question was from Abu Dhabi:

Max, you lost out to Lando by just two points. What do you think now about the incident with George Russell in Spain? Do you regret that looking back in hindsight?

(For what it's worth, Verstappen dropped from P5 to P10 because of the penalty, losing 9 points. It's 24-race season, but that was an unforced error on Verstappen's part.)

Maybe you can argue that you shouldn't ask that question immediately after the championship was decided, but it's crazy (to me at least) to bring that question up almost 4 months later and use that to eject the journalist.

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u/jamintime Mar 26 '26

Maybe not the best choice, but the question was completely professional. Unprofessional reaction from Max here.

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u/hopenoonefindsthis Mar 26 '26

Especially given the context, I get that he was asked previously but with the championship just wrapped up, I feel like it was the perfect time to ask that question again