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What Is Maxplaining? The Fan Phenomenon Based On Max Verstappen’s Viral Post-Race Habit

Published 09/23/2022, 6:47 AM EDT

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Max Verstappen is having an incredible 2022 F1 season, there’s hardly any doubt about it. The Red Bull star has overcome all the challenges to his title and is on his way to pick it up for the second time. Amidst all these, the internet is rejoicing in the new Verstappen craze.

Users on the internet have coined a new word to state how Verstappen behaves before or after the race or in the paddock in general. F1 viewers must recall how the Red Bull ace often talks to the podium place holders after he finishes a race.

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Most recently, in the cooldown room, it can be seen how Verstappen looks at the Television screen and talks to other drivers, which seems like advising them.

Regarding all these, the people on the internet, mainly on Twitter, have coined the word ‘Maxplaining’.

Fans share hilarious pictures of Max Verstappen doing “Maxplaining”

The F1 fans took to Twitter to share some amazing and hilarious pictures in the form of memes where Max is shown talking to different drivers.

Adding to all of that, one fan had quite an interesting take on the entire situation. They wrote, “Cool down room is just a Max Verstappen podcast with different guests every other race.”

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In the pictures, the Red Bull ace is seen talking to his fellow drivers at a young age as well. The fans on Twitter unearthed them and put them online.

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The word ‘Maxplaining’, which is a very clever take on ‘mansplaining’, has even reached the Red Bull star’s personal brand as they’ve featured the word as well on their Instagram post.

All in all, the ‘Maxplaining’ is indeed one of the funniest yet wittiest coined terms in the world of Formula 1. It’ll be interesting to see if the F1 commentators pick the word up and use them whenever they see Max Verstappen talking to anybody.

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Sabyasachi Biswas

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Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 and NASCAR writer at EssentiallySports. He has completed his Master's in Mass Communication and Journalism from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Sabyasachi is an ardent Red Bull and Max Verstappen fan and has been following the sport for over a decade now.
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Ranvijay Singh