British journalist theory shared after Max Verstappen jibe during Sao Paulo Grand Prix press conference

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Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen hasn’t been short of creating controversy with his comments to the media.

Max Verstappen was ordered to undertake community service after swearing in a pre-race press conference in Singapore.

Verstappen decided to answer questions from the media on his way back to the Red Bull garage instead of the official media sessions to avoid getting into further trouble.

He had the support of many of his fellow drivers in the paddock on the issue, although was surprised when it took the FIA a week to act following Charles Leclerc also swearing after the Mexico City Grand Prix.

After starting the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Red Bull and Verstappen himself didn’t expect him to be standing on the top step of the podium after a disrupted weekend of running.

His victory was incredible, with Lewis Hamilton congratulating Verstappen for one of the best drives of his career.

Fernando Alonso was also very impressed with Verstappen, but in his latest official press conference, the 27-year-old made a dig at the British media.

Damon Hill had recently criticised Verstappen’s aggressive driving in Mexico City, while former F1 driver and steward Johnny Herbert admitted he was a big fan of Verstappen even if he didn’t always agree with what he does on the track.

Max Verstappen makes dig at British media after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Verstappen commented in his post-race press conference interview: “I have a quick question here. I mean, I appreciate all of you being here, but I don’t see any British press.

“They had to run to the airport? Or they don’t know where the press conference is?”

When addressing this comment on The Race F1 Podcast, journalist Edd Straw said: “From what I’ve seen, there seems to be a bit of questioning about British journalists not turning up to the press conference because Verstappen won.

“But you’ve [colleague Scott Mitchell-Malm] just mentioned one reason there because you were doing other things because it’s quite often the case.

“And I actually think in terms of, if you want to take British media to mean British written journalists, there weren’t actually that many at Interlagos. I reckon there are probably only seven on-site.

“Not the TV ones because all the TV journalists would have been on-air and that kind of thing, so wouldn’t be there.

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“So actually, of the written journalists, I think there were only seven of us. So I was in the mixed zone getting driver comments, so were you.

“So there are other things to be doing as well. Basically, you need to be in three places at once.”

Straw later corrects himself and admits he can think of ten British written journalists, which is still a relatively small number in comparison to other races.

Scott Mitchell-Malm admitted he ‘could see why’ Verstappen was annoyed, as at the pre-race press conference on Thursday, quite a few questions came from the British media while fewer journalists were present on Sunday.

Straw concluded: “It’s worth addressing that because there’s a lot of places to be simultaneously, that’s just the nature of the job.”

Christian Horner lauds ‘best in the world’ Max Verstappen after Sao Paulo Grand Prix victory

Only three drivers – Rubens Barrichello, Kimi Raikkonen and John Watson twice – have won from 17th or lower on the grid before Verstappen’s victory in Brazil.

Verstappen has proven time and again how fast he is in the rain, and while Lando Norris struggled, his lap in qualifying in Sao Paulo and earlier in the season in China proves that he’s no slouch in those conditions either.

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Christian Horner insisted Verstappen was the ‘best in the world’ after the race and on current for, it’s very hard to disagree.

Verstappen is on the cusp of achieving another unbelievable feat in Formula 1, but he’ll have to wait three weeks to try and finish the job in Las Vegas.