F1 Fans Rage Over English Media’s Comments on Max Verstappen’s ‘Gifted’ Spanish GP Victory

The Spanish Grand Prix ended in favor of Max Verstappen after his tussle with a DRS glitch marred his changes to make up places at the initial stages of the race. However, many fans called the Spanish GP victory a ‘gifted win’ considering how Verstappen got the lead in the race.

Charles Leclerc was leading the race initially while Verstappen was chasing him. Later, the Dutchman went off the track to rejoin the race behind George Russell and Sergio Perez. However, gaining positions seemed challenging for Max because of issues with his DRS flap.

Later, the Monegasque driver had a DNF, which gave Russell the lead. Meanwhile, Max struggled to take the lead while his Mexican teammate managed to overtake Russell. Checo led the race until Verstappen moved ahead of the Mercedes. Then the Austrian team asked Perez to swap positions with Verstappen, which led to Max winning the race.

Fans react to English Media’s comment on Verstappen’s Spanish GP win

People thought Max only won the race thanks to Leclerc retiring and Checo giving up on his victory. So, they started calling his win a ‘gifted victory.’ Further, the English media also found the Dutch driver’s win at the Spanish GP ‘gifted.’

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And as soon as the statement aired, the F1 fans showcased their take on the English media’s comment on Verstappen’s Spanish victory. Many F1 fans agreed with the statement of the English media.

But some fans recalled why the English news channel never commented on Hamilton swapping place with Valtteri Bottas to win races.

Max Verstappen thanked Checo for the Spanish GP victory

The 24-year-old became the 2022 championship leader after winning the Spanish Grand Prix. It wasn’t the smoothest race for the Dutchman. But he ended up winning the race after Leclerc’s DNF and swapping places with Perez.

Later, Verstappen went up to his Twitter to share his emotions and thanked his teammate for letting him go ahead to see the chequered flag first.

Verstappen wrote, “To have another One-Two makes me very proud. A big thank you goes out to Sergio Perez for being a great teammate once again.”

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The next race for the Red Bull duo is the prestigious Monaco GP. Let’s see if Max scores another P1 or Checo would bag his first victory this season.