Verstappen issues clear instruction to critics as star defends X-RATED Red Bull rants

Red Bull star Max Verstappen has defended his outbursts over team radio, issuing a clear instruction to those who do not like his X-rated rants over the radio.

The Dutchman has been a dominant force in Formula 1 in recent years, winning plenty of raced and scooping three world championships. However, success on track is not the only thing that the Red Bull star has become well known for.

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The 26-year-old is not afraid to speak his mind over the radio, even if some of his comments are perceived as negative towards his own team.

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Yet Verstappen has dismissed the notion that the team are unhappy with any of his outbursts.

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"You know, people that don't like my language, then don't listen in, turn the volume down," he told the media including GPFans at Spa.

"I’m very driven for success. I've proven that already. And I always want to optimise stuff. Now, people can argue that you might not be so vocal on the radio, but that's their opinion.

"We are very open minded, we're very critical to each other as a team. And that's been working for us very well. So I don't expect that to change."

"In this world that we're living now, I feel anyway, that a lot of people can't take criticism anymore," he added. "I don't want to end up like that."

When asked whether team radio should be kept private and not broadcast to the public, Verstappen stressed that other athletes in different sports will react the same as he does, just without a microphone to pick it up.

“Well, that's also a thing that, you know, a lot of sports things, you know, people say things, but they don't have a mic attached to their mouths," he said.

"I don't care [about team radio being broadcast]. I mean, I say what I want, but yeah, that's our sport as well naturally because you are communicating a lot with the pit wall, you have, the opportunity to talk.

"When other sports, maybe you swear yourself about stuff that you didn't like, or a team-mate didn't pass you the ball, you call him whatever it is, there is no mic."

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