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Why is it so difficult for F1 drivers to say they're sorry?

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F1 world champion Max Verstappen stopped short of apologising to George Russell in Barcelona .

Red Bull boss Christian Horner said he had apologised to the team.

Sebastian Vettel did not apologise to Lewis Hamilton until five years later at his final race at the 2022 Abu Dhabi GP .

Hamilton apologised to Oscar Piastri at the 2023 Italian GP saying it was not intentional.

It may matter to commentators, critics and society as a whole, but ultimately it does not matter to Verstappen — otherwise, he’d have said it.

The Red Bull driver apologized to Red Bull for Spanish GP clash with George Russell .

F1 movie director: Tom Cruise "would have scared us more" than Brad Pitt .

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