Max Verstappen considers bombshell F1 decision as drivers hold meeting over swearing punishment [Video]

Max Verstappen has warned he may sensationally quit Formula One after the governing body’s hardline response to the reigning champion swearing at a press conference.

The Red Bull driver described his car as ‘f****d’ on Thursday, earning him a community service punishment from the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile.

Verstappen branded the punishment ‘ridiculous’, protesting the decision by giving one-word answers in an official FIA news press conference following Singapore Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday.

Speaking ahead of race week, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem urged racers to avoid bad language, insisting ‘we are not rappers’. Those comments disappointed Lewis Hamilton who believed there was a ‘racial element’ in his words.

Hamilton and Lando Norris, who won Sunday’s race at the Marina Bay, are among those to have questioned the FIA’s approach over Verstappen’s language, with the Dutchman insisting these sort of ‘silly altercations’ could force him out of the sport.

‘For sure, yeah,’ …