Some of the reaction to Max Verstappen's role in the Red Bull team ordering controversy in Brazil has been unacceptable.
The world champion refused Red Bull's order to let his teammate go through on the final lap of the Sao Paolo Grand Prix in order to get points for second place in the championship.
Verstappen looked bad in the media after the race. They didn't have a clear idea of what was going on.
It's ridiculous to put me down so quickly. The things I've read are not good.
They began attacking my family and threatening them. That goes way too far when you don't know what's happening. That has to end.
Don't go after my family because that is unacceptable if you have a problem with me.
Verstappen initially said that he had a problem with some of the media reports after the race, but then he said that he had a problem with some of the responses on social media.
He said that a lot of people have been writing about him.
Writing these kind of things contributes to the problems social media has.
It's really disappointing to read these kinds of things. I have always been good to the team and I know how I am.
It is pretty sickening to be a part of that when there is a negative thing. At the end of the day, I haven't done anything wrong, it's just people misinterpreting what's happening.
After the race in Brazil, Verstappen said that he had reasons for not letting Perez back ahead and that he was reacting to something that happened in the past.
There have been reports that Verstappen believes that Perez crashed deliberately at the end of qualification in order to prevent him from getting a position on the front row.
Perez and Verstappen qualified third and fourth and the Mexican won the race.
According to a number of sources, Red Bull investigated the incident after the race and that Perez admitted to crashing on purpose.
Perez said it was wrong and that people were making rumors. We all know what's going on and we want to keep it within the team.
Verstappen said it would stay between him and the team but admitted Red Bull had made mistakes in their management of the race weekend.
He said it was about something that happened earlier in the year. The team in Mexico understood and agreed with what I had said.
I thought we were going to race and get a good result. There was a miscommunication on the weekend. I didn't hear anything about a potential swap. It was said on the radio at the end of the race.
They should have been aware of my response the week before.
Everything has been solved after we had a good discussion after the race.
We should have had that discussion earlier. I have always been helpful to my team-mates. The team is aware of that. The team is always put up front because it is a team effort. We have to be more open and communicate better with each other.
The conversation after the race in Brazil only focused on the events of that day, according to Perez.
Perez didn't know how long Verstappen had had a problem with his actions. We have not talked about it.
The team accepted Max's reasoning after Red Bull admitted they had made some mistakes.
The statement said thatMax was only told at the final corner of the request to give up position. Max was put in a compromising situation with little time to react which was not our intent.
On-board camera footage shows that Verstappen was first asked to let Perez by into sixth place after Turn Four and then again as he exited the final corner.
When the race resumed after a final safety-car period, Perez was told not to fight Max because he wanted to pass cars ahead.
If we don't pass Fernando on the exit of 12 can we let Checo through?
He was asked what happened when he didn't comply.
He told you not to ask him about it again. Well, okay? We are clear about that. I stood by my reasons.
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