jackpot master F1 Champion Max Verstappen To Travel To Rwanda, Will Serve Swearing Penalty By Helping Grassroot Program
F1 US Grand Prix Auto Racing:Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, waves after winning a sprint race | Photo: AP/Eric Gay F1 US Grand Prix Auto Racing:Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, waves after winning a sprint race | Photo: AP/Eric Gay 
World champion Max Verstappen will help out with a grassroots program in Rwanda as his penalty for swearing during a news conference in Singapore. (More Motorsport News)
Verstappen, who clinched his fourth Formula One drivers' title last month, was ordered by Formula 1's governing body FIA to carry out a “work of public interest” after being penalized by the stewards for his language during a news conference in September.
The FIA has announced the details of Max Verstappen’s “work of public interest” duty linked to the Stewards’ penalty for the use of unacceptable language during the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix drivers' press conference. Verstappen will travel to the FIA Awards Ceremony which…
— FIA (@fia) December 8, 2024The Dutch driver will travel to the Rwandan capital Kigali for the FIA awards ceremony on Friday and it is there he will undertake the work, Britain's Press Association reported.
A statement Sunday from FIA said: “While in Kigali he will undertake some work with junior competitors as part of the grassroots development program organized by the Rwanda Automobile Club (RAC).
“The activity will involve an FIA affordable cross carjackpot master, which was built locally in Rwanda by the RAC from blueprints provided by the FIA.”