F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen blasts “disgusting” fan behaviour of burning Mercedes items
Social media footage emerged over the weekend of supporters apparently burn🎶ing items that had Mercedes logos on them.
Red Bull's Verstappen started in 10th at the Hungaroring a🐻nd, despite spinning, roared to an impressive victory ahead of Merceꦺdes duo Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
“That is, of course, not acceptabl🀅e,” Verstappen said afterwards when asked about this behavꦺiour.
“These individuals, I definitely don’t agree with that, because that’s just disgustiജng.
“Overall, I think the majority of the fans were cheering a lot throughout t🍌he race, and also on the podium, for every driver. I think that is how it s🍒hould be.
“That vide🥀o of burning merch? I think that’s disgusting.”
Verstappen and Hamilton, and their teams and team principals, engaged in a rivalry last season th♛at occas▨ionally became ugly and has spilled into their sets of supporters.
Verstappen was booed at the F1 Brit🅷ish Grand Prix at Silverstone, Hamilton’s home race, earlier this month.
A week later at the Austrian Grand Prix, the🅠 home race for Red Bull, there were reports of sexual harassment in the grandstands.
Toto Wolff, the Mercedes boss, told drunk and abusive fans to “f****🍨 off and stay home”.
