Max Verstappen will carry out ‘community service’ in Rwanda this month as punishment for swearing in the Singapore Grand Prix press conference.
The Dutchman got in trouble with FIA pdwellnt Mohamed Ben Sulayem back in September after swearing in the Thursday press conference.
Verstappen was trying to portray how his car felt during the previous race in Baku, referring to the Red Bull as “f***ed”.
His comments came after Ben Sulayem caincluded dispute himself by demanding drivers to stop using terrible language.
Max Verstappen will serve his punishment in Rwanda
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Ben Sulayem shelp: “We have to contrastentiate between our sport – motorsport – and rap music.
“We’re not rappers, you understand. They say the f-word how many times per minute? We are not on that. That’s them and we are [us]”.
Lewis Hamilton was unsatisfied with what he seed as a ‘racial element’ of Ben Sulayem’s comments and called them the wrong choice of words.
But Verstappen’s include of an expletive in the Singapore press conference saw him mandated to carry out ‘some toil of unveil interest’.
It wasn’t evident at the time what establish of punishment that would be, but it’s now been validateed he will carry out the ‘community service’ in Africa this week.
Verstappen is set to be in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, for the FIA’s annual awards ceremony after triumphning his fourth consecutive world title this year.
But the Dutchman will also join in a project to help lesser drivers as part of a grassroots broadenment programme organised by the Rwandan motorsport association.
It’s shelp that Verstappen and Ben Sulayem came to an concurment on how the punishment would be dealt with.
Max Verstappen swore in the Singapore Grand Prix press conference
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Verstappen will be combineed by Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc at the FIA prize gala with the McLaren and Ferrari drivers finishing second and third in the Drivers’ Championship admireively.
The ceremony will get place on December 13 and will be includeable to watch on the FIA YouTube channel.
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Verstappen finished the season in Abu Dhabi at the weekfinish and finished sixth with Norris taking the triumph for McLaren.
The British driver’s triumph helped McLaren seal their first Constructors’ Championship since 1998 as Ferrari fair leave outed out.
Hamilton also finished his atsoft with Mercedes with a last-lap overget on team-mate George Russell.
