According to Max Verstappen, his boycott of Sky Sport's coverage of the Formula 1 is now over.
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Due to what Sky deemed to be “disrespectful” reporting during the Mexican Grand Prix weekend, the Dutchman and his entire Red Bull team did not participate in any media appearances. This covered not only Sky’s F1 channel but also its regional channels in the UK, Germany, and Italy. Red Bull’s actions are thought to have been precipitated by remarks made by Sky pitlane reporter Ted Kravitz, who claimed Lewis Hamilton had been “robbed” of the 2021 championship following the United States Grand Prix. Verstappen had said: “This year it’s been a constant… yeah, kind of like daily being disrespectful, especially one specific person,” when discussing the issue in Mexico. And that’s enough for me to reject it.
Living in the past is impossible. You simply need to move on. Since social media is such a toxic environment, acting that way live on television only serves to exacerbate the problem rather than address it. “You keep treating me disrespectfully, and I can’t take it any longer. I made the decision to cease responding because of this. But now that Red Bull has made it apparent that the boycott was intended to be a one-time statement rather than a sustained action, relations between the team and Sky are back to normal.
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In line with protocol, Verstappen answered a question from Sky F1 analyst David Croft during the drivers’ press conference on Thursday in Brazil. Verstappen discussed the situation with Sky in a later interview “Yes, we put a stop to it. We simply keep moving on.” After the Mexican Grand Prix, Red Bull team manager Christian Horner had stated that his team was outraged by any notion that Verstappen’s first drivers’ championship in 2021 was tainted.
“We don’t feel that an accusation of championships being stolen is an impartial commentary,” Horner said. “That is, we don’t feel it’s fair or balanced in any way. “Max was quite angry by that, and as a squad, we are completely behind him. We both felt equally hurt by it. We decided as a team that we would take the weekend off, and I made that decision.
