The Circus had been in turmoil for the past few hours. Verstappen fans are furious over what happened
For a couple of years now, the world of Formula 1 has been faced with the overwhelming dominance of Red Bull and Max. Verstappen in particular. The Dutch rider, who won the title in 2021 and 2022, has so far achieved 12 successes out of 14 races in the current championship and leads the drivers’ standings with 364 pointswhich is 145 more than his closest pursuer, teammate Sergio Perez.
The 26-year-old Dutchman established a dominance that has almost never been seen in the history of the top category of motorsport. A dominance that seems destined to last for a long time, given that he has a car that is much faster than everyone else on the grid except for the car Perez.
The only way to end his dominance would be to change the rules – a hypothesis rejected without any ifs or buts by the leaders of Formula 1. The latter are not going to say that they are manipulating the results of the world championship.
F1, shocking comment from the head of Liberty Media: his words
It is right, even very right, that sports institutions do not want to interfere. But today we want to talk to you about this issue from a different point of view. In fact, there has been a glitch in the last few hours. General Director of Liberty Media – the company that owns Formula 1 – which shocked public opinion.
What’s happened? Greg Maffei, The head of Liberty Media summed up the situation with the development of Formula 1 at an event organized by Goldman Sachs. When asked about Verstappen’s dominance, he replied: “This is a phenomenon. He seems to drive the fastest car. And he does it very well.” So far so good. The dust arose when the American entrepreneur faced another question: “What can we do to stop Verstappen? Besides breaking one leg, How Tonya Harding I wouldn’t know”. It is about the heinous attack carried out by the famous figure skater on her rival Nancy Kerrigan during the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.
It was Jan. 6 when Kerrigan was attacked by a man and hit her in the right leg with a baton. Tonya Harding was behind the order of the attack. The episode was also brought to the big screen in the film Tonya starring Margot Robbie. In short, Maffei, who is currently receiving – and rightly so – an avalanche of criticism, did not make a very good impression.