Verstappen was heavily booed by sect😼ions of the crowd when he appeared during the Sky F1 Sho🍨w on Thursday evening, and was again jeered after qualifying second behind Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. 

The Red Bull driver said he found the booing “a bit disappoi⛎nting because I couldn’t really understand Billy [Monger, who was conducting the post-qualifying interviews].”

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"If they want 🍌to boo, t♛hey do that,” Verstappen continued. “I’m always happy to be here, it's a great track, a great atmosphere in general.

"Maybe some of them don't like me, that’s fine, they all have the💛i♑r own opinions. I don't care.”

While Verstappen said he accepts that some fans don’t likไe him, Lewis Hamilton disagreed with the reaction and asked his supporters not to boo despite their fierce 2021 rivalry that concluded in a hugely controversial title s♈howdown in Abu Dhabi. 

"I think we’re better than that,” said the seven-tiꦿme world champion, who was on the receiving end of booing from Verstappen’s fans at the Hungarian and Dutch grands prix last year.

“I would say we don’t need to do the booing. We have such great fans, our sporting fans feel emotions up and down, but I definitely don’t agree with booing. I don’t think we need 𝄹to do that. I think we should be here pushing everybody. 

"It doesn’t make any differไence when you boo someone, they’ve already made the mistake, or♎ whatever it is. But I really do appreciate the support I have here. Maybe some of them are still feeling the pain from last year, still.” 

Mercಞedes boss Toto Wolff also condemned the “unsportsmanlike” behaviour 🔯towards Verstappen. 

"I think we shouldn’t be seeing any booing in a๊ny sports,” he said. “I think that’s unsportsmanlike. 

“It’s clear we love the support the drivers have here and the enthusiasm, thatജ’s fantastic. But if you are not into the other guys I ﷽think it’s best to remain silent. I think that’s the best way. 

“The booing, I think none ಌof the drivers deserve booing, no m🧔atter what happened last year.” 

Asked if he feels more could be done to combat such abuse, Wolff replied: “I th♛ink if you try to see the positives, that people are very emotional🌼 about drivers and characters. 

“We want to create emotions, rather than if you are not emotiona🅺lly engaged. So that’s on the upside. But having said that, the booing goes a step further.&꧟nbsp;

“If you imagine yourself standing out there and giving an interview or while being on the pod𝓰ium, being booed is abusive. 

“Being emotional in a sport that is controversial because you are a fan and not a fan of o♍ne or the other drivers, that’s good. But there’s a certain limit that we shouldn’t overstep.”