Red Bull driver Max Verstappen suggests that if people believe that team to driver communications in Formula 1 is getting out of hand and offensive then the FIA should simply stop broadcasting the in-race conversations.
Speaking during the drivers’ press conference ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix, where a large part of the session was dedicated to discussing incidents and matters that arose during the Mexican Grand Prix.
In this case it was the instance of the expletive packed radio rant by Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel. He likened the situation to wiring up footballers (or other sports disciplines) with a microphone during a match.
Verstappen said, “I think when you’re in the heat of the moment and you have a radio available you can say bad things. But it’s the same if, let’s say you give a microphone to a football player. Imagine how many words are coming out there during a game. Or another sport, it doesn’t need to be football… rugby, whatever.”
“So I think it’s just, yeah, with the radio around you it’s pretty dangerous. So, I think maybe you shouldn’t broadcast it. That’s another solution. Because you know, we are driving on the limit, in some good fights and then, you know the adrenaline is going really high. So maybe in the future, if it’s bad for the younger generation, just don’t broadcast it,” added the Dutch teenager.
Verstappen was speaking during the drivers’ press conference at Interlagos. Full transcript here>>>
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