Even if we take your generous interpretation of what he said, is he wrong? It’s pretty clear he can still be “fast” in the new car, but it doesn’t mean he enjoys driving that way. There’s nothing wrong with saying he doesn’t enjoy the new regulations. Hamilton and Alonso both have given similar opinions and when the three most decorated drivers tell you it sucks maybe there’s some truth here? Maybe the regulations have shifted too much from being fast to being energy efficient.
Definitely not wrong of him to say. If anything, I was commenting on the disparity between the headline and the article. As suggested above, it seems the headline was written by someone different to the main text.
Verstappen makes mild comments about how the new regulations mean he doesn’t get to drive in his preferred style…
Even if we take your generous interpretation of what he said, is he wrong? It’s pretty clear he can still be “fast” in the new car, but it doesn’t mean he enjoys driving that way. There’s nothing wrong with saying he doesn’t enjoy the new regulations. Hamilton and Alonso both have given similar opinions and when the three most decorated drivers tell you it sucks maybe there’s some truth here? Maybe the regulations have shifted too much from being fast to being energy efficient.
Definitely not wrong of him to say. If anything, I was commenting on the disparity between the headline and the article. As suggested above, it seems the headline was written by someone different to the main text.
In a Dutch interview he said it’s way slower. You’re really twisting his words.
It’s not like that the TV audience is ever going to notice that, given how much TV direction prefers to take out the sense of speed.