The world champion blamed the media for fuelling what he described as “unacceptable” and “disgusting” abuse towards him and his family on social channels since the race at Interlagos. Speaking before this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Formula One’s season finale, Verstappen said the media had not understood what had transpired in Brazil yet he declined to give any detail of what had happened between himself, his teammate Sergio Pérez and his Red Bull team. Verstappen, however, dismissed the reporting of what had happened in Brazil as unfair. “They don’t know how I work within the team and what the team appreciates about me. “I am just a bit fed up with all this bullshit,” he said.

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