Former Ferrari and Williams team manager Peter Windsor feels Max Verstappen's 'petulant' rant after his virtual Le Mans technical woes was not very fitting of a multi-time F1 champ.
“He got a bit upset because some sim thing he was doing – a Le Mans race, I think – packed up before the end of the race.
“This is a double World Champion – who should be setting an example to the younger generation and the generation he’s in – who got annoyed about it as if technology failures never happen. “I mean, come on. I’m a Max fan but somebody around him needs to be saying, ‘Max, Max, Max. Stay calm. Stay who you are. Don’t become a petulant twit, because that’s just ridiculous.’
“A World Champion needs to show a little bit of decorum and a little bit of dignity, and needs to set a bit of an example of not getting angry or upset or frustrated over things other than things to do with his own world – in the cockpit in which he’s racing and the car in which he’s driving.“I’ve used the word three times now and I don’t regret it.”
Verstappen has long been known to be hugely passionate about sim racing, with Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko recently revealing that the World Champion is even
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