Max Verstappen and Red Bull BOYCOTT Sky Sports indefinitely amid row over pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz’s claims Lewis Hamilton was ‘robbed’ of the title last season as F1 world champion grows tired of coverage
Red Bull have issued a boycott of interviews with Sky after Max Verstappen took umbrage with comments made by the broadcaster.
Sportsmail understands that the team have issued an ‘indefinite’ boycott of the broadcaster and its international affiliates starting with this weekend’s Mexico Grand Prix.
Verstappen’s issue with with Sky emanates from comments recently made by pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz referencing Verstappen’s inaugural title win in 2021.
Max Verstappen has issued an ‘indefinite’ boycott on interviews with Sky following comments made by pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz
The 25-year-old overcame his longtime rival Lewis Hamilton during the latter stages of last week’s United States Grand Prix to secure his thirteenth win of the season and secure the constructors title for Red Bull.
Speaking following the event, Kravitz referenced the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and professed his belief that Verstappen’s car was ultimately the difference maker between the two greats of the sport.
‘[Hamilton] doesn’t win a race all year, and then finally comes back at a track where he could win the first race all year, battling the same guy who won the race he was robbed in the previous year, and manages to finish ahead of him.
Kravitz suggested that Hamilton had been ‘robbed’ during last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Verstappen overcame Hamilton in December of last year to secure his first drivers’ title
‘What a script and a story that would have been. But that’s not the way the script turned out today, was it?
‘Because the guy that beat him [Verstappen] after being robbed actually overtook him, because he’s got a quicker car, because of engineering and Formula 1 and design, and pretty much because of [Adrian Newey, Red Bull’s Chief Technical Officer] over there.’
Verstappen saw off a challenge from Mercedes pair Hamilton and George Russell to qualify in pole position for the race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
Sky Sports declined to comment.
