Red Bull is infuriated with Sky Sports using his Silverstone crash footage to wish Merry Christmas to their viewers. Fans also show anger.
Max Verstappen had to suffer a 52G crash at Silverstone after Lewis Hamilton tagged him during the very first laps of the race. The collision caused a massive controversy.
With Verstappen also criticizing Hamilton for celebrating his win despite sending him to the hospital. It also significantly impacted the 2021 championship fight, as it allowed the reigning world champion to clear off his deficit.
Now, coming into the end of the year, Sky Sports, a British broadcast channel and official broadcaster of F1, used this crash footage to wish merry Christmas.
However, this tweet by SkySports didn’t go well with Red Bull. A Red Bull spokesperson to De Telegraaf says that his team is utterly disappointed with this behaviour.
“We are extremely disappointed that images are being used of a crash, in which someone ended up in hospital,” a Red Bull spokesperson said. “This is in a terrible taste. We hope it will be removed soon.” Sky Sports has now informed Red Bull that the video will be taken offline.”
Fans join Red Bull in calling out Sky Sports
The video did attract massive criticism from fans. Many even termed it disrespectful to the title protagonist. Whereas, a significant portion also alleged Sky Sports for the blatant bias towards Hamilton.
British media has been accused of siding with their compatriot drivers. And in a competition stiff like this, anything like this would bring fans’ accusations.
