Max Verstappen‘s antics at the Mexican GP involving Lando Norris were criticized heavily over the past week. The Dutchman was hit with an extremely rough penalty of over 20s due to pushing Norris off-track. The Ex-F1 driver Johnny Herbert was amongst the stewards present during Verstappen’s verdict of the penalty.

Hence, the reigning world champion has hit back at Herbert and others due to their recent criticism. Jos Verstappen had previously accused Johnny Herbert of being biased against Max Verstappen amidst the latter’s 20-second penalty. This accusation was also linked with the claims of the sport being biased towards the British people in Formula 1.

However, Herbert claimed he had good chats with the Dutchman and applauded the reigning world champion. Max Verstappen, however, was having none of the comments from the critics. The Dutchman took a massive jibe at the people ill-talking his moves at the Mexican GP.

Verstappen claimed that if the critics knew so much during their careers then they would’ve been world champions instead of him. If they had all known that during their own careers, they could have been world champions. Max Verstappen said in a Brazilian GP press-conference 🗣️🇧🇷 | Max talks about pundits saying he positioned his car at the apex on purpose last weekend:“If they had all known that during their own careers, they could have been world champions.

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1 billion F1 team post-Daniel Ricciardo exitMax Verstappen claims a lot of people were ‘hurt’ as they couldn’t criticize himThe dominant performance of Max Verstappen during the previous seasons meant that many people didn’t have much reason to hate him. However, this season gave all the critics a great chance to hate on the Dutchman. Hence, Verstappen noted that this hurt a lot of people as they were unable to come up with negativity.

It must have hurt a lot of people a lot that they couldn’t say anything negative. Now it’s all coming out and they’re going full steam ahead. They’re doing just fine.

Max Verstappen said in a Brazilian GP press conferenceMax Verstappen (via Planetf1)Verstappen has defied all odds and showcased an extremely impressive performance this season. The reigning world champion continues to defend the championship lead as the 2024 finale inches closer. Hence, the end-of-the-season battle would be extremely exciting for the drivers’ and fans alike.

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