“Put Me in Front of Him.”- Double Champ Max Verstappen Challenged by Raging Lewis Hamilton Fans After Recent “Keyboard Warriors” Accusations

Both of Max Verstappen’s drivers’ championship titles have come under controversial circumstances. After the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP, FIA in its report admitted the blunder was because of a human error. This year, Red Bull was found guilty of breaching the cost cap for their last year’s budget.

Resultantly, Max Verstappen and Red Bull have faced an incredible amount of criticism online which the Dutchman thinks is unfair. In FIA’s post-Mexican GP press conference Verstappen suggested a measure to curb the hate on the internet. The statement hasn’t gone down well with the fans on social media.

Max Verstappen makes a suggestion to stop toxicity on social media

Formula 1 is getting more and more popular around the globe. With popularity comes more fans and that also brings more opinions. Social media is more polarized than ever and sometimes the comments in the garb of criticism can get borderline abusive and hateful. Lewis Hamilton has faced that in the past when he was on the top and now Red Bull and Max Verstappen are more on the receiving end.

Speaking during the post-race press conference, Max Verstappen said, “It’s not great that they are allowed to write these kinds of things, so I hope we can come up with a kind of algorithm that stops people from being keyboard warriors.” He continued, “Because these kinds of people… they will never come up to you and say these things in front of your face.”

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The comments haven’t gone down well with some fans as they think Verstappen is just annoyed with genuine criticism.

Red Bull had earlier boycotted Sky Sports for Ted Kravitz’s comments where he repeatedly used the word “robbed” for Lewis Hamilton losing out on his 8th championship title in a controversial fashion last year at the Abu Dhabi GP.

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Ted Kravitz was reporting live for Sky Sports after the US GP from the pit lane. During the pit lane walk, Kravitz said, “[Lewis Hamilton] doesn’t win a race all year, and then finally comes back at a track where he could win the first race all year, battling the same guy who won the race he was robbed in the previous year, and manages to finish ahead of him.” Kravitz used the word “robbed” another time during the coverage.

Subsequently, Max Verstappen boycotted appearing for Sky’s interviews. The boycott continued for the team until the Mexican GP. Team principal Christian Horner later clarified that things would go normal after the Mexican GP. “We have said our piece and will go back to normal next race.”

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As F1 fans ourselves, we can only hope that the number of hateful comments goes down. They only give the sport a bad reputation and take a toll on people who are at the receiving end. That being said, there should always be room for genuine criticism and teams should take them sportingly.