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Max Verstappen threatens to quit F1 after ‘silly’ punishment for swearing

  • Red Bull driver calls FIA’s decision-making ‘really tiring’
  • Hamilton and Russell treated for ‘borderline heatstroke’

Max Verstappen has threatened that he may leave Formula One because of his dissatisfaction with how the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) is running the sport and what he referred to as the governing body’s “silly” insistence on pursuing issues such as drivers swearing, for which he was punished at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.

Verstappen finished second behind McLaren’s Lando Norris at the Marina Bay circuit on Sunday, with the British driver cutting the world champion’s title lead to 52 points. Afterwards, Verstappen launched a broadside at the FIA after he had been given a community service punishment for swearing in the press conference held pre-race on Thursday, when he described his car as “fucked”.

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