Max Verstappen likens Formula One to Mario Kart in another dig at new rules

RUSSELL WINS: Max Verstappen compared Formula One’s new regulations to “Mario Kart” (Bradley Collyer/PA)

Max Verstappen has compared Formula One to Mario Kart in a fresh swipe at the sport’s unpopular new regulations.

Despite an impressive fightback from 20th to sixth at F1’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Verstappen took aim at the rules which again have cast doubt over his future on the grid.