Verstappen was docked two penalty points on his Super License for an opening-lap incident with Oscar Piastri at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. That penalty brought the total penalty points on his Super License to eight, four shy of the 12 penalty points that trigger an automatic one-race penalty ban.

Max Verstappen may be a four-time F1 world champion but, according to Jacques Villeneuve, if he leaves, people will get over it.

Jacques Villeneuve has declared “nobody” will care if four-time World Champion Max Verstappen quit Formula 1, while everyone “cares” about Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari. After all, says the 1997 World Champion,