Verstappen: 'Not everyone is behind me because F1 is full of Brits'

Max Verstappen is anything but worried about what people think of him, positive or negative. However, there many many opinions around, especially since 'The Incident' with Lando Norris a week ago in Austria. Especially from Britain - not for the first time in his F1 career- criticism of Verstappen's driving style resounded.

According to Verstappen, the latter is due to the fact that seven of the ten F1 teams are based in England and the vast majority of the media is British. A British bias towards Verstappen - a Dutchman and therefore not British - is thus easily fed. "80 to 85 per cent of the press in Formula 1 is English," Verstappen tells the Daily Mail on why not everyone is behind him.

Verstappen is not at all concerned about this, he reveals in the British newspaper. "With the way I grew up, these kind of things won’t unsettle me. For me, these are quite minor disturbances. I know how to focus on the race and how to get the best performance out of myself, even with what might be going on in the background," said the three-time World Champion.