3 min readMar 26, 2026 05:19 PM IST Red Bull’s Max Verstappen ejected a journalist from his Japanese Grand Prix press conference due to an issue between the two at last year’s season finale in Abu Dhabi. After Verstappen entered the room, he refused to engage with the media until the aforementioned journo left the room. “One second – I’m not speaking before he’s leaving,” the 28-year-old said which prompted the journo to ask if he was serious. In response, Verstappen asked him to ‘get out’ and after he had left, said, “Now, we can start.” The controversy between the journalist and Verstappen stemmed from a question that the the former had asked the racer last year at Abu Dhabi on whether he regretted his incident with George Russell of Mercedes at the Spanish Grand Prix. In that race, the Red Bull star had been penalized for appearing to deliberately drive into Russell’s car. He was subsequently docked 9 points and plummeted from 5th to 10th. “You forget all the other stuff that happened in …