Guenther S🌳t🐈einer has disagreed with the decision to punish Max Verstappen for swearing.

The Red Bull driver was hit with a community service penalty aft⛎er describing his RB20 at “f*****” in a press conference in Singapore.

Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris disputed the FIA’s decision to penalise Verstappen, w𓃲ho staged his own protests to make his annoyance clear.

Ex-Haas team principal Steiner was previously the mo📖st notorious foul mouth in F1.

His꧒ swearing became iconic during ♈Netflix’s Drive To Survive.

But h🐲e told R🐓ed Flags podcast: “You have never heard me cursing in a press conference, or anything like this.”

But he stuck up for Verstappen.

“I don’t think it’ꩵs exaggerated, what was done. Max explained the situation about his car, not about a person,” Steiner said.

“Are there other words he could have chosen? Yes.

“He said terminology which is used a lot. Yes.

“Maybe it isn’t rightꦦ. But is it wrong?🍎 Maybe also not.

“I am very much on the fence here.

“In the race, on the ra𝐆dio, I can fully understand it because the adrenaline is high.

“Wha൩t you say there, you don’t 🦂mean it. You don’t take it home with you.

“F1 is very good at bleeping it out. Th🍌ey bleep out two words…

“I don’t think it was necess♏ary to make such a big thing out of it.”

Steiner remembered another FIA directive to punish F1 drivers who wore jewellery inside the 🐻paddock, which irked Hamilton.

“For me, it’s very similar with the jewellery,” Steiner remember♔ed.

“We are in 2024. That is what I try to recognise. Somebody we♚aring an earring? Could I care less?”