Max Verstappen passed his verdict on being a commentator after his third championship victory. Although agreeably, one of the best on the tracks right now, the driver has different opinions about being called to commentate a race.
In Formula 1, ex-champions and drivers are often called to commentate during a race or give their technical opinions on specific drivers.
David Coulthard has made an appearance quite a few times as he broke down several drivers’ driving and cars in order to understand the complexity of the race for each of them. However, Max Verstappen is not so fond of being one of the drivers to do so someday. When live streaming with his friends, he said,
“I would literally be the worst commentator if you put me in the box. I think content that you don’t want to see.”
[OT] Max: I would literally be the worst commentator if you put me in the box. I think content that you don’t want to see | You know you’d be like James Hunt back in the day on the commentating | Max: Yeah, James with a C… James…
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Although he never stated his reasons as to why he thinks so, his friends quickly compared him to James Hunt. The driver too got onto the joke and laughed about it. However, it seems clear he has given some thought to the things he would like to and not like to do after his retirement.
The Dutchman has mentioned his plans after his retirement. A Sim Racing team owner and bring the Sim racing world to justice. He has also mentioned his plans to make it easier for kids with a passion for the sport to enter the motorsport industry. However, being a commentator is not one of the things he would want to do.
FIA holds back Max Verstappen from liking Kelly Piquet’s Instagram post
Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet’s scandalous yet adored relationship is known to many. Since the two started dating, the driver has liked every single post-Kelly’s post on Instagram. However, there is one thing that is holding him back from doing so anymore.
The recent heartbreaking news about Palestine is known to everyone. The war has taken the lives of many innocent kids and people. Kelly Piquet has been the only wag of F1 who has used her platform every day to talk about the situation.
yesss if you scroll thru her acc hes like every one of her posts since they started dating but now he didn’t like the palestine one
— vian ✩‧₊˚🇵🇸 (@lestapiastri) October 31, 2023
However, when she made a post recently taking a political stance, one thing was missing. After liking all her posts, Verstappen did not like the post about her political stance. This is because of FIA’s rule for drivers to not make any political stance. Drivers are not allowed to talk about any social cause or make a political stance.
Lewis Hamilton went against it to stand up for what was right. However, it continues to hold back the rest of the drivers on the grid. So far many have avoided mentioning the situation at hand altogether.