“I understand that fans, they need maybe something to do as well around the track,” he said.
And so Las Vegas was an excessive party simply delaying his next win and the upcoming offseason. Verstappen won the title in early October and has just been extending his streak of most wins in a season since.Īfter this Sunday’s race in Abu Dhabi, he’s done for the season. He hated all the showy stuff and just wanted F1 to race. The three-time reigning world champion would not let up and had another tirade after qualifying third around 1 a.m. Las Vegas was F1’s third race in the U.S., more than any other country, and the most expensive spectator event on the 22-race calendar.īut it was maligned elsewhere as out of financial reach for the average American, and Verstappen ripped the race again and again and called it “99% show, and 1% sporting event.”
The race was embraced by the F1 industry, eager to continue tapping into the sponsorship-heavy North American market. “I know we could have done such a better job on many things. “It’s been a very bumpy year-and-a-half,” she said to AP.
