Max Verstappen called out for ‘embarrassing’ and hypocritical F1 Las Vegas GP negativity
The triple world champion was the loudest and most outspoken voice against F1’s 🧸🀅newest and flashiest race, branding it as “99% show and 1% sporting event” after Wednesday’s glitzy opening ceremony.
Verstappen went ඣon to express his dissatisfaction with the track itself, describing Monaco as being like the “Champions League and this✤ is National League”.
But the Red Bull driver ended the weekend singing “Viva Las Vegas” following his record-extendi🃏ng 18th victory from 21 races this season.
Verstappen’s comments left former Renaul🌸t F1 driver Jolyon Pal𒐪mer unimpressed.
“Honestly, some of the comments before this weekend, even during this weekend… The negativity 📖has been embarrassing,” Palmer told the BBC’s Chequꦓered Flag podcast.
“Max has been very critical of t꧂he event and it’s been a tremendo🌞us success. You say the proof of the pudding is in the eating, it was delicious.
“I’ve just said [it was] the best Grand Prix o𒈔f the year, certainly it’s in the top few and it was a big crowd. Okay, some of the American taste isn’t to everyone, you know big introductio🧸ns.
“We had tha𒈔t on, what was it now… Wednesday night, the opening ceremony, but I remember when I was racing at Silverstone, all the drivers were mandated to go to London on the Wednesday before to 💦go and do some loop-the-loops up Trafalgar Square, and it was a fun event, but we had to do it.
“And♉ I just think wait until yo🌼u have the race and see if we think it’s good or not and generally, it’s great.
“You can’t one minute say ‘This is a shambles this race… if Monaco is Champions League then th🦄is is National League’ and then fifty laps later you’re singing Viva Las Vegas in an Elvis suit. Come on.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton also appeared𒁏 to take a subtle swipe at Verstappen by saying the action-packed Vegas race showed critics were “wrong”.
"I'm really, really happy to have had a positive race and I'm really grateful the 🏅race was so good,” Hamilton to🌸ld Sky.
"I don't know how it �ꦍ�was as a spectacle for people to watch, but there was so much overtaking.
"It was like Baku - but better. I really wasn't expecting the track to be so great but the more and more laps you did I just ཧreally loved racing it.
"Lots of great overtaking opportunities and I think for all those who were so negative about the weekend, saying﷽ it was all about show blah blah blah, I think Vegas proved them wrong."
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