The Mexico City Grand Prix served up chaos, controversy, and comedy all in one — with Max Verstappen right at the center of it. The Red Bull star, who found himself tangled up with Lewis Hamilton in the opening laps, didn’t hold back after the race, delivering a series of tongue-in-cheek remarks that had fans and reporters laughing in the paddock.
The drama started right at Turn 1. As Verstappen, Hamilton, and Charles Leclerc went three-wide into the corner, contact was inevitable. Verstappen was forced wide and bounced over the grass, while Hamilton took to the escape road a lap later and earned a time penalty. The two former title rivals found themselves once again in the headlines, and when asked about it after the race, Verstappen’s reaction was vintage Max — sharp, cheeky, and completely unfazed.
“I saw Lewis coming like he was on a sightseeing tour,” Verstappen joked to the media with a grin. “He went for a move that was never going to work — I think he wanted to see the Mexican fans up close.”
He didn’t stop there. When pressed about Hamilton’s ten-second penalty and whether he thought it was fair, Verstappen laughed and said, “Honestly, that’s not my problem. I stayed on the track… mostly. If he wants to go rallying, that’s up to him.”
The Dutchman then added another jab that had his team laughing behind the scenes: “Next time maybe we should put some cones there for him, so he knows where the corner is.”
Even with the chaos, Verstappen managed to recover and finish on the podium, turning a messy start into another strong result. But his humor after the race was what truly stole the show. When asked if he was worried about his ongoing rivalry with Hamilton heating up again, Verstappen smirked and said, “If it keeps happening, I’ll start charging rent. Every time we’re side by side, he seems to follow me off the track — maybe he just misses me.”
It was a typically hilarious and confident display from the reigning champion, who once again showed that while the pressure of Formula 1 can get intense, he’s more than capable of laughing through the drama. As Verstappen walked away from the media pen still chuckling, one journalist summed it up perfectly: “Only Max could turn a collision with Hamilton into a stand-up routine.”
