Max Verstappen could not resist a cheeky jibe at the FIA over a Twitch stream amid his swearing row following the Singapore Grand Prix.
Speaking to his Team Redline team-mates, he admitted he would get ‘community service’ if he swore during his live stream.
It comes days after clashing with FIA officials after he used a swear word in his press conference on the Thursday before the Singapore race.
The sporting body came down hard on Verstappen and ordered him to do ‘work of public interest’.
Max Verstappen is not letting his war of words with the FIA go
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The Dutchman reacted furiously while several other drivers have become embroiled in the row including Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen did not hide his feelings and revealed he could even quit Formula One while he reacted by refusing to speak to FIA-oriented media in protest.
During his press conference, he either responded with ‘no comment’ or with one-word answers.
And now the world champion has continued his war of words with the FIA – this time online – during a stream on Twitch where he frequently enjoys simulation-driving.
Alongside an army of fans watching along, one of his team-mates asked Verstappen: “Are we allowed to swear on the stream today?”
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The Red Bull star hit back immediately: “No! You’ll get community service!”
The two laughed as Verstappen’s hordes of fans all reacted with various laughing emojis and comments.
Whether the 26-year-old follows through with his threat to retire from Formula One remains to be seen but he already has another love – simulation-racing.
Red Bull’s Christian Horner has already had enough on his plate
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He has even sometimes got in trouble with Red Bull for his late-night sessions while on Twitch, sometimes running into the very early hours of the morning.
Earlier this week, Verstappen said: “Yeah. I mean, these kinds of things definitely decide my future as well, when you can’t be yourself, or you have to deal with these kinds of silly things.
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“I think now, I’m at the stage of my career that you don’t want to be dealing with this all the time.
“It’s really tiring, you know? Of course, it’s great to have success and win races, but once you have accomplished all that, winning championships and races, and then you want to just have a good time as well.
“Of course, everyone is pushing to the limit, everyone in this battle, even at the back of the grid.
“But if you have to deal with all these kind of silly things, for me, that is not a way of continuing in the sport, that’s for sure.”