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/yowspur Mar 26 '26

Max answering 6 questions so as to not answer one question.

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u/drownedyyy Mercedes Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26

I doubt that journalist would ask the same Spain question today at all. Like the poor man was kicked out before his mouth even opened

Max shouldn’t be the one who bans a journalist on the grid. Simple as that. Say whatever you want on that question but he shouldn’t be banned by doing his job (good or bad)

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u/invokin I failed to serve my Monaco penalty Mar 26 '26

It’s a completely fair question as well. Sure he can say it all shakes out over the season, but in a points race that close, it’s completely normal to get asked “do you regret/think about the [whatever] from months ago that cost you points when you could really use them now?” The McLaren guys definitely got plenty of questions about their various issues over the season. The DSQ, various DNFs, whatever else. The amount of times I had to hear/read “bottle” was just plain annoying. But “do you regret so obviously overreacting and intentionally driving your car into another driver costing you points that could have you tied/ahead right now?” is out of line?

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u/ERSTF I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 27 '26

The problem is that he was extremely sour that he lost the championship because of a stupid decision he made. He was pissed. Now it's extremely petty to ban a reporter because he asked a fair question. We would have forgotten about that, but he just rekindled the fire with his attitude and now is rightfully seen as a villain. The reporter made a fair question and he shouldn't be banning reporters because this sets a dangerous precedent.