Verstappen does not believe Mercedes: "Deep down they want to crush everyone"

The Belgian Grand Prix will not go down in the books as the most exciting race ever and the race in Spain was not a celebration either, due to the dominance of Mercedes. Mercedes have now indicated that they have sympathy for fans who drop out because of this, but Max Verstappen does not believe those words.

"They just try to be polite, of course, but deep down they want to crush [and] destroy everyone," Verstappen said to Autosport.com. "That is what I would like to do as well. I would like to crush everyone and try to lap everyone during the race. But in the press you have to be politically correct sometimes."

The fact that the races have been so boring in recent weeks is attributed not only to the fast Mercedes, but also to the tyres. Drivers would have to be too careful to keep them whole. Verstappen, however, thinks there is another factor involved. The cars are too fast and too wide for nice overtaking.