Speaking in the drivers press conference, Verstappen had this to say on his criticism of the new F1 cars from last week and if his opinion has changed: “What I think? A lot and nothing at the moment. Yeah, I don’t know. I’ll just go to Melbourne and see for myself. I have no idea.”
Verstappen was later pressed on if F1 had put pressure on him to ease off on his criticism: “I’m just sharing my opinion. So I think we live in a free world, free speech. And yeah, that’s what I felt.
“Not everyone needs to feel like that, but that’s how I felt. And then, it also doesn’t matter, of course, what other people have to say about that. It’s just I got a question and I shared my opinion. I think that I’m allowed to do, you know, so it’s not about receiving pushback or whatever.”