Max Verstappen Found Looking “Grumpy” After Being Forced To Pee Too Early

Pranay Bhagi | 25/08/2024
Max Verstappen Found Looking "Grumpy" After Being Forced To Pee Too Early

All high-performance athletes competing at the national and international levels are subject to doping control. WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) is one agency that conducts these tests to see if the athletes have consumed any illegal substances to boost performance. Max Verstappen was the most recent target at the Dutch GP and was grumpy regarding his test timing.

Verstappen isn’t a morning bird and often plays video games at night to relax during the race weekend. The Red Bull driver usually wakes up around 10 am for an afternoon race. However, the agents from WADA arrived to collect Verstappen’s sample at 7 in the morning.

Explaining how Verstappen was grumpy about the timing, Helmut Marko told Telegraaf.nl, “Max was a bit grumpy. It is only a Friday, we should not make it bigger than it is. People from such an agency often come early, because then it is easy to deliver a first pee…”

However, in the three-time champion’s case, since it’s not his routine to wake up at 7, it took him about an hour to deliver the first pee. Drivers are subject to these tests that often happen after the qualifying session or the race day. Some visits even happen during non-race weekends. However, a test early in the morning on Friday is unusual. 

Verstappen reacts to the Dutch GP doping test

What further added to his misery was the fact that Verstappen’s already been tested five times this year, with the most recent test in the last race weekend at Spa-Francorchamps itself. Yet, another test awaited him in Zandvoort.

Verstappen shared his frustration on Team Redline’s Twitch stream. He said, “So I’m in bed and suddenly the doorbell rings. I’m like, ‘What the f***? Who the f*** is ringing the doorbell of the motorhome?’ And then I look at my phone it’s 7 o’clock [in the morning] and I’m like, ‘what the f*** is going on?”

All of Verstappen’s doping tests came out clean. In fact, none of the current F1 drivers have ever been found to breach the anti-doping policy.

Post Edited By: Aishwary Gaonkar
Dutch GP Helmut Marko Max Verstappen Red Bull

About the author

Avatar photo

Pranay Bhagi

Pranay Bhagi is an F1 Journalist at the Sportsrush. He's been following the sport since 2010 and has been a Sebastian Vettel enthusiant since then. He started his F1 journalism journey two years ago and has written over 1300 articles. As an Aston Martin supporter, he hopes for Fernando Alonso to win the 3rd title. Apart from F1, anything with an engine and wheel intruiges him. In true petrolhead sense, he often travels across the country on his motorcycle.

Don’t miss these