A war of words has erupted between teenager Red Bull driver Max Verstappen and Williams veteran Felipe Massa in the wake of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Verstappen accused Massa of impeding him during his final Q3 run, and when asked if he had discussed the matter with Massa afterwards the Dutchman quipped, “He is Brazilian, so there is not much to talk about.”
Massa was told about the comments and according to UOL he spoke to Verstappen, “I said to him today: Be careful what you say because you’re going to have to go to Brazil to race there. Be careful what you say.”
“No doubt it was not right to talk about the Brazilians without even knowing what he said I was talking, “he said.
“For sure it’s wasn’t right to talk about Brazilians without knowing what he was talking about.”
Massa also suggested that Verstappen had no reason to complain about his driving during qualifying, “He does not know what he was talking about because I did not get in his way.”
“Maybe I was the cat that gets the blame because his teammate out-qualified him,” added Massa.
The Brazilian has always been wary of the young Dutchman, indeed Massa advised the youngster to be careful and to calm down in the wake of his spectacular collision with Romain Grosjean during the 2015 Monaco Grand Prix.
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