Verstappen remains critical of the FIA and continues his protest
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- Nicole Mulder
Max Verstappen has continued to argue against the FIA's viewpoint regarding the press conference. The Dutchman doesn't believe the press conference will be watched by young children and argues they hear worse at their school. Verstappen doesn't see any reason to change anything at the moment.
Verstappen continues his FIA protest
On Thursday, Verstappen reiterated that he preferred his own meetings with the press rather than speaking at the official FIA press conference. The Dutchman said he had heard nothing from FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who started a plea to reduce swearing in F1. He also feels it is not up to him to contact him about the issue.
The championship leader still believes that the FIA's intervention goes too far. "I think it's very unnecessary. Of course, I know that you can't generally swear in context, but that's more, I think, related to when you insult someone. Then you hear comments, yeah, but you don't want kids seeing that. Well, when I was five years old, I never watched a press conference in my life anyway," Verstappen said in the paddock at the United States Grand Prix.
"I think at school, you have said way worse things than that, because you grew up with kids, and you're a bit of a rebel, so you always say bad stuff. That's just how life is. Did you want to set an example? Well, I mean, yeah, sure. But I don't think that they should make such a big deal out of it."
This article has been created in collaboration with Matt Gretton
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