{"id":525643,"date":"2026-03-10T00:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525643\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T00:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:26:09","slug":"max-verstappen-rages-at-f1-driver-leaking-private-information-to-the-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525643\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen rages at F1 driver leaking private information to the press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max Versappen is not best pleased with one of his F1 rivals for allegedly leaking private information to the media.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nAhead of the <a title=\"Australian Grand Prix\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1078077\/f1-results-today-2026-australian-grand-prix-positions-times\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Grand Prix<\/a> on Friday, the drivers and the FIA attended a routine meeting, where they were able to address any sporting or safety concerns, but there were strict instructions to keep the discussions private. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe following Saturday however, it became apparent that leaks to the media had occurred from the meeting, forcing champion Verstappen to weigh in. &#13;<\/p>\n<p> Article continues under video<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;It\u2019s a bit weird that you know that. Drivers shouldn\u2019t be talking about that with other people. It\u2019s not professional from the people involved,&#8221; he said. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nOther drivers have also commented on the leak with Alex Albon simply stating: &#8220;We clearly have a leak in the group.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/lando-norris\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lando Norris<\/a> also seemed annoyed by dissemination of private information, and added: &#8220;How did you hear? If you have 20 of the drivers complaining; I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s better for the sport.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nF1 HEADLINES: <a title=\"Lewis Hamilton will hold FIA accountable as new Mercedes evidence emerges\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1078207\/f1-news-today-lewis-hamilton-fia-accountable-new-mercedes-evidence-emerges-australian-grand-prix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton will hold FIA accountable as new Mercedes evidence emerges<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>F1 drivers unhappy with 2026 cars<\/p>\n<p>\nNow the first qualifying and race has been contested in Melbourne, most drivers have delivered their informed opinions of the 2026 cars.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nApart from Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton, the <a title=\"2026 cars have been looked upon unfavourably\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1078189\/f1-2026-lewis-hamilton-max-verstappen-lando-norris-criticsm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 cars have been looked upon unfavourably<\/a> with new features such as the energy boost being compared to a &#8216;video game&#8217; and the cars described as anti-racing. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking after the race in Melbourne, Verstappen said: &#8220;I\u2019m definitely not having fun at all with these cars. You can make up your mind, but if you look at the onboard, you see enough, right?&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;The formula is just not correct, and that is something that is a bit harder to change, but we need to. It\u2019s going to be a long season, that\u2019s all I\u2019m telling you.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I love racing, but you can only take so much, right? I think they&#8217;re willing to listen, the FIA and F1, but I just hope there is some action. I&#8217;m not the only one saying it. A lot of people are saying the same, be it the drivers or the fans.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;We just want the best for the sport. It&#8217;s not that we are critical, just to be critical. We are critical for a reason. We want it to be Formula 1, you know, proper Formula 1 on steroids, but today, again, that was not the case.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nREAD MORE: <a title=\"Lewis Hamilton has a plan to hunt down Mercedes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/en\/f1-news\/1078177\/f1-lewis-hamilton-ferrari-hunt-down-mercedes-australian-grand-prix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton has a plan to hunt down Mercedes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Versappen is not best pleased with one of his F1 rivals for allegedly leaking private information to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,50591,3754,576,577,1885,44,11579,82],"class_list":["post-525643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-f1-news-gossip","tag-fia","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-max-verstappen","tag-news","tag-sheona-mountford","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}