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Mercedes' George Russell (right), who is simply a manager astatine the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, talks to RB operator Yuki Tsunoda (center) and McLaren operator Lando Norris aft qualifying league for the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix. (AP Photo)
Formula One drivers person had capable of being pulled up by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) for swearing connected the squad vigor and successful property conferences.
In an unfastened missive the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) has asked the FIA to halt treating them similar kids and besides called connected FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to ‘consider his ain code and language’ erstwhile talking astir F1 drivers.
In September Sulayem had compared the swearing by F1 drivers to that of rappers and had angered erstwhile satellite champion Lewis Hamilton who said determination was a ‘racial element’ to the comment.
“We’re not rappers, you know. They accidental the F-word however galore times per minute? We are not connected that. That’s them and we are (us),” Sulayem had said.
The GPDA has present deed backmost astatine FIA’s policing of the words they use.
“There is simply a quality betwixt swearing intended to insult others and much casual swearing, specified arsenic you mightiness usage to picture atrocious weather, oregon so an inanimate entity specified arsenic an F1 car, oregon a driving situation. We impulse the FIA president to see his ain code and connection erstwhile talking to our subordinate drivers, oregon so astir them, whether successful a nationalist forum oregon otherwise,” the missive stated.
The missive besides told the FIA not to interfere successful what drivers deterioration during a Grand Prix.
“Further, our members are adults. They bash not request to beryllium fixed instructions by the media astir matters arsenic trivial arsenic the wearing of jewellery oregon underpants,” the GPDA missive said.
The FIA had besides clamped down connected drivers wearing jewelry and having piercings.
The drivers person besides stated that they are unhappy astatine the FIA utilizing fines arsenic a punishment.
“For the past 3 years, we person called upon the FIA president to stock the details and strategy regarding however the FIA’s fiscal fines are allocated and wherever the funds are spent. We person besides relayed our concerns astir the antagonistic representation fiscal fines bring to the sport,” the GPDA unfastened missive said.
After the Singapore Grand Prix, Max Verstappen had said that his punishment for swearing was “ridiculous”.
Back past Vertsappen, who is simply a Red Bull driver, had been told by the FIA to bash enactment for ‘public interest’ aft helium utilized mediocre connection to picture the show of his car.
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