“I find it weird looking at myself. It doesn’t have my mustache in, so maybe that’s something they’ll update,” said Lando Norris talking about his driver avatar in F1 24 as he completed two race weekends. While this video released by Team Quadrant became a target of all jokes, Lando’s friend Max Verstappen‘s endorsement of the much-awaited game left fans ‘worried’.

F1 24 is a racing game powered by EA Sports (a company valued at $33.48 Bn). The game lets one create their dream team where the player gets a chance to personalize driving skills and improvise on race strategy and car performance. It is also updated with the official lineup of 20 drivers and 10 teams. And this dynamic game is being promoted by drivers, including Max Verstappen, where fans caught on to Verstappen’s discomfort.

While talking about the game amid an endorsement video, Max Verstappen said, “Looks like I am celebrating. So that’s good. It is cool to be on the cover.” Fans caught on to his supposed awkwardness and F1 Twitter (now known as X) hasn’t stopped buzzing.

Fans echo similar emotions as they analyze Max Verstappen’s awkwardness

With the release of the first official gameplay trailer for F1 24, EA Sports has confirmed the release date for F1 24 as 31 May 2024. The game will be released on Xbox and PlayStation consoles, and for the players who want to play the game on their PC, the release will take place on Steam, Epic Games, and the EA app. But amid all this buzz, Verstappen’s endorsement of the game has trumped the news. The users on X seem to be in a state of frenzy after Dutchman’s video was released.

One user wrote that it looked like Max was being forced to promote the game against his will, almost as if he was being held hostage.

Another replied to this comment in the affirmative.

The dominant emotion remained that of fans stating that the Dutch Lion was forced to do this.

Others went a step ahead in their humor, overanalyzing the ‘hostage’ situation.

And few even agreed with this innovative joke.

Did you see the trailer of F1 24?