Reportedly, after a fifteen minute conversation with stewards, he was ordered to undertake "work of public interest" as his punishment for the language used during the interview. The language was deemed to be a breach of Article 12.2.1.k in the international sporting code, which covers any misconduct towards members of staff, officials, etc meaning that Verstappen's statement, which was described as "Coarse, rude, may cause offence and not suitable for broadcast" falls under that rule.
During the post-qualifying interview, Verstappen gave short, blunt answers to questions from the interviewers both about how qualifying went for him, as well as to attempt to get information about him being issued with Community Service, to which he responded "No Comment" .
This incident comes just days after the the FIA stated that they would be cutting down on foul language being broadcast to F1 TV. A notice had been sent to drivers telling them to begin to mind their language whilst speaking on team radio, as well as to ask F1 Media Management to limit the amount of swearing broadcasted, however where is the harm if the foul language is already censored.
Verstappen has received some support from British Driver, Lewis Hamilton, who has reportedly told him to ignore the punishment, starting a so-called "boycott" against the FIA for their overly-strict punishments.
"It's a joke, I certainly wouldn't be doing it, and I hope Max won't be doing it [either]."
Hamilton pointed some criticism at Ben Sulayem, FIA Chief, who stated whilst talking about this incident, as well as the decision to ask cursing to be cut-down on team radio and televised broadcasts
"We have to differentiate between our sport - motorsport - and rap music."
"We're not rappers, you know ... That's them, and we are [us]"
Hamilton, being the only black driver on the grid, perceived this comment as being largely "stereotypical" with there possibly being some possible racial undertones in the statement.
If we look back at when Kimi Raikkonen, former Alfa Romeo driver, was on the grid, we all remember his outbursts at his team, other drivers, and at the stewards for punishments on his driving, however not once did he get any punishments from the FIA for his language, taking a look back at the description of Verstappen's language, "Coarse, rude, may cause offence", and we compare it to many of Kimi's rants, I do wonder why Verstappen has been singled out in this case.
Verstappen states "I get it if you aim (swearing) at someone, but this punishment is ridiculous". Using harsh language to describe something that wasn't working well is just a normal thing to do, although it shouldn't have slipped in a news interview, the reactions from the FIA stewards do seem a bit overboard.
It does seem that this punishment has been done to make an example out of Verstappen, to make the other drivers more thoughtful of their language used over team radio, however he has managed to make sure their decision to use him as an example backfired.