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Austin barman reveals: 'I almost threw Max Verstappen out!'
- Jeroen Immink
A barman in Austin has revealed he nearly kicked Max Verstappen out of his bar during the United States Grand Prix weekend. The Dutchman visited the venue with friends.
Verstappen was almost kicked out of a bar in Austin
Noah Hyatt - a barman at the Blind Pig in Austin - has revealed that he almost kicked Verstappen out. "It is Formula 1 race week in here and we are slam packed. I'm talking shoulder to shoulder max capacity. And you know, it gets to that point of the night where we're closing down. We're trying to get everybody out of this building and I'm going around asking them nicely," Hyatt revealed in a TikTok video.
Hyatt goes on to say that there was one group that stayed put. "'I remember this one group about 20 people. I'm like, they are not moving. So I finally, I raised my voice and I'm like, 'Please walk towards the exit. You can walk and talk'," Hyatt continued, after which his manager finally intervened.
"And my manager goes, 'Oh no, this group is good. This group is good.' So I'm standing there for a second. Just kind of pissed off. I'm like, 'why, why are they good?' So I bring over [the] trash can I start picking cups up off the table. And I make eye contact with one dude in particular. It's Max Verstappen. Like number one Formula 1 driver in the world," Hyatt said. In the end, Verstappen was allowed to stay in the bar.
Verstappen left the United States Grand Prix in good spirits. The Dutchman extended his lead in the World Championship over Lando Norris.
This article has been created in collaboration with Matt Gretton
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