The FIA was wrong to "make a big story" out of the Max Verstappen swearing controversy, says Guenther Steiner.

Guenther Steiner has criticised the way the FIA have handled the banning of swearing by F1 drivers and suggested they should have solved any grievances in private. Max Verstappen became the first target of the rule enforced by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem but Steiner believes drivers like the Dutchman should have been spoken to in private.

Former Haas F1 boss Guenther Steiner is famous for his potty mouth and has given his take on the swearing row which erupted last month between Max Verstappen and the FIA

Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen had been reprimanded by the FIA for using inappropriate language ahead of the Sin

Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has said that the FIA were wrong to make a big story out of the Max Verstappen swearing incident.