Max Verstappen fired back at former F1 drivers who've criticized the 2026 regulations, saying most of them haven't studied how the new hybrid power units actually work. "They don't know exactly how the engine runs," the four-time champion told De Telegraaf in Singapore. "Then they get asked about it on television, and sometimes very strange answers come out."
The swipe came after Damon Hill questioned Verstappen's own vocal skepticism of the regs, which shifted F1 toward heavier electrical deployment this season. Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris have backed the Dutchman's view, though Verstappen insists he's not building a coalition—just calling it as he sees it.
He's making the argument from strength. Back-to-back wins in Malaysia and Singapore lifted him to fourth in the standings, eight points behind Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari. Next up is COTA, where Verstappen will have another shot to prove his critics wrong—or prove them right about the new formula.
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