Max Verstappen Is Getting Corned By Ricciardo slams F1 fans and says……

Max Verstappen Is Getting Corned By Ricciardo slams F1 fans and says……

MAX VERSTAPPEN currently leads the F1 Drivers’ Championship standings.

Max Verstappen has spoken out against F1 fans who have booed him and Lewis Hamilton at recent Grands Prix. And he has now been backed up by McLaren ace Daniel Ricciardo, who believes the consumption of beer is no excuse for the bad behaviour of fans.

Verstappen faced the wrath of British fans at Silverstone at the end of last month as the Dutchman was booed throughout the weekend. And Hamilton was then also subjected to jeers at the Austrian Grand Prix, with some fans cheering when he crashed into the barriers during qualifying.

The atmosphere at recent races follows the dramatic end to the 2021 season, where Verstappen won his maiden F1 title and denied Hamilton a record eighth after a controversial final lap at the season-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in December.

And Ricciardo admits he doesn’t want to see fans treating drivers badly. “Rivalries are great, and the Lewis-Max one last year was awesome,” the 33-year-old said. “Like every sport, you are going to have for and against, so on-track battles and that, you will be cheered or whatever – and that is cool. A rivalry does make the sport, then the fans get behind it and it is good to see.

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“But I have never been a fan of booing so I don’t condone booing. Of course you are going to have the ones you like and the ones you don’t necessarily root for. But an accident falls into a different type of territory and you wish not to see it (the cheering). I can’t control the grandstands and their emotions but you don’t wish to see that.

“For sure, we are human beings and you have to remember that. It is easy when you are in the crowd all day and you have had a few beers. If the guy next to you does it then you think it is okay. But you get to an age where you become mature and realise the things you did when you were 15 aren’t the same as a 30-year-old man. You have to be more sensible.”