{"id":291742,"date":"2023-09-23T09:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=291742"},"modified":"2023-09-23T09:34:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:34:49","slug":"max-verstappen-tells-his-doubters-to-suck-an-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/racing\/f1\/max-verstappen-tells-his-doubters-to-suck-an-egg\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen tells his doubters to &apos;suck an egg&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Max Verstappen tells his doubters to &#8216;suck an egg&#8217; as the F1 star admits he is &#8216;fired up&#8217; as he takes back pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix after shock fifth-place finish in Singapore<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Verstappen has hit out at his doubters after taking pole position at the Japan GP\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He finished fifth-place in Singapore, admitting it was &#8216;a bad weekend&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max Verstappen has told his doubters to \u2018suck on an egg\u2019 after the Dutchman bounced back to take pole position in style at the Japanese Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Question marks have surrounded Verstappen\u2019s pace following his shock fifth-place finish at Singapore last time out, with speculation rife among the paddock that a new technical directive relating to Red Bull\u2019s flexi-wing has stunted the all-conquering RB19.<\/p>\n<p>But a bullish Verstappen, who was over half a second faster than Oscar Piastri in P2 at Suzuka, hit back at his naysayers on his mission to secure his third world title.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Singapore didn\u2019t happen for us,\u2019 he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Honestly, yeah, we had a bad weekend. Of course, then people start talking about \u201cit\u2019s all because of the technical directives.\u201d I think they can go and suck on an egg.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/09\/75754355-0-image-a-18_1695456659718.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen has told his doubters to \u2018suck on an egg\u2019 after taking back pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/09\/75754357-0-image-a-19_1695456661733.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Question marks have surrounded Verstappen\u2019s pace following his shock fifth-place finish at Singapore last time out<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/09\/75754363-0-image-a-20_1695456663781.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He admitted he had &#8216;a bad weekend&#8217; in Singapore but told his doubters to &#8216;suck an egg&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018From my side, I was just very fired up to have a good weekend here and make sure we were strong.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull chief Christian Horner praised Verstappen\u2019s \u2018maturity\u2019 in the wake of his disappointing result under the lights at Marina Bay\u2019s iconic street circuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He has shown great leadership, great maturity in the way he handled it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Of course, everybody was disappointed last weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You get used to winning and it is a good reminder of how much it hurts to lose and if it doesn\u2019t hurt to lose, you\u2019re in the wrong business.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was a good reminder of that. We took an awful lot of lessons last weekend.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12552041\/Max-Verstappen-tells-doubters-suck-egg-F1-star-admits-fired-takes-pole-position-Japanese-Grand-Prix-shock-fifth-place-finish-Singapore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen tells his doubters to &#8216;suck an egg&#8217; as the F1 star admits he is &#8216;fired up&#8217; as he takes back pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix after shock fifth-place finish in Singapore Verstappen has hit out at his doubters after taking pole position at the Japan GP\u00a0 He finished fifth-place in Singapore,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Max Verstappen tells his doubters to &amp;apos;suck an egg&amp;apos; 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