Max Verstappen has warned Formula One is on the brink of being ruined and claimed this season’s “painful” new rules will “come back to bite the sport on the a***”.
Verstappen, 28, has been deeply critical about the regulations which place an onus on drivers managing battery power as well as using a boost button to overtake.
The four-time world champion broke down from sixth place following an engine failure with 10 laps to go in China to cap a dreadful weekend after he finished outside of the points in Saturday’s sprint race.
And in an extraordinary fresh outburst, Verstappen said: “It is terrible, and if someone likes this, then you really don’t know what racing is about.
“It is not fun at all. It…