A defiant Max Verstappen refused to accept or discuss critics of his driving on Thursday, claiming he does not “listen to those individuals” and accused them of being biased. 

Speaking at Interlagos ahead of this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, the final part of a triple-header in the Americas, Red Bull’s three-time world champion and series leader was in a prickly mood and suggested that he is being victimised. “I don’t listen to those individuals,” said Verstappen when asked about 1996 world champion Damon Hill’s view that fair racing is not in his philosophy or repertorie. “I just do my own thing,” he explained. “I’m a three-time world champion. I think I know what I’m doing. Honestly, I have my opinions. I don’t need to share them.”