Swearing penalty: Max to help at grassroots program in Rwanda

Max Verstappen

World champion Max Verstappen will help out with a grassroots program in Rwanda as his penalty for swearing during a news conference in Singapore.

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.

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The 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).

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