Max Verstappen is not letting talk of his on-track battle with Kimi Raikkonen last weekend get to him.
The young Dutchman courted much controversy for his driving style in Hungary, and although the FIA didn't penalise him, the majority of the paddock have criticised the teenager.
"Kimi doesn't say much but when he does, he usually has a point," Lewis Hamilton said at Hockenheim.
"I think all of the drivers are against what Max did," added Carlos Sainz according to Spanish sports daily Marca. "Because we say that doesn't mean we've never done it or been tempted but I think it shouldn't be allowed because it's very dangerous."
18-year-old Verstappen, however, says he hasn't felt the need to discuss the incident witht he Ferrari driver.
"No, it was not necessary," he told Stuttgarter Nachrichten newspaper. "The stewards had all the information and did nothing. So everything was okay."
"Also, I have to say that we're racing in Formula One, not doing some sort of Sunday drive where you say 'Oh you're faster so I'll let you pass'."
When asked he would do anything to make up with Raikkonen, the Red Bull driver told MTV: "Maybe I'll buy him an ice cream. We can have an ice cream together."
"I think he likes them, and so do I," he quipped.
Verstappen Jr. going his "own way"
Max Verstappen's former F1 driver father Jos Verstappen is now being seen less and less at Grands Prix, but he doesn't seem to mind too much.
"My career seems to be in the right direction, so I think he has done his main job in bringing me to F1," he said. "He also has a family and a home and at some point I have to go my own way."
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