David Croft has vowed to continue doing his job in asking questions of F1’s leading figures after Max Verstappen landed a tongue-in-cheek jibe at him in Saudi Arabia.

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Speaking in an interview with the UK’s The Times, Croft said it’s his job to ask such questions and says he doesn’t believe Verstappen was properly annoyed by his persistence.

Last year, Sky F1 came in for some criticism from then-Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey for being “nationalistic” in its approach to coverage of Formula 1 – a stance which Verstappen said he “basically agreed with, 100 percent” and, at the time, Croft defended the station against those accusations.

“I will try and follow the story, it’s as simple as that,” he told Australia’s Speedcafe.