"They do not need to be given instructions via the media, about matters as trivial as the wearing of jewellery and underpants," the Grand Prix Drivers' Association says.

New Zealand

F1 drivers ask FIA to treat them like adults after swearing punishments

LONDON (AP) — Formula 1 drivers have criticized the president of the sport's governing body, the FIA, and asked to be treated like adults in an escalating row over swearing in news conferences.

Ad Fontes Media

All Sides

Media Bias/Fact Check

Associated Press News

Independent Media

United States

F1 drivers criticize FIA and ask to be treated like adults over fines for swearing

Formula 1's drivers have called on the governing FIA and its president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to treat them like adults amid the ongoing controversy around Max Verstappen's community service order for foul language.

ESPN

Hearst Communications

The Walt Disney Company

F1 drivers urge FIA to treat them like adults

LONDON — Formula 1 drivers have criticized the president of the sport’s governing body, the FIA, and asked to be treated like adults in an escalating row over swearing in news conferences. After top drivers champion Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc were punished for swearing in an apparent FIA crackdown, the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association said FIA President Mohamed Ben Sulayem needed to “consider his own tone and language.” “With regards to s…

Sportsnet

Rogers Communications

Canada

Flin Flon Reminder

Flin Flon

Manitoba

Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Prince George Citizen

Glacier Media

Formula 1 drivers are pushing back against FIA President Mohamed Ben Sulayem's crackdown on swearing, arguing that they should be treated as adults. The Grand Prix Drivers' Association criticized Ben Sulayem's tone and questioned the use of fines levied against drivers for using foul language. The drivers also requested clarification on where the money from those fines is allocated.

The Economic Times

Sahu Jain family

There aren't many sports as intense as Formula 1 both on track and off. In the cockpit, drivers are pulling Gs like fighter pilots at over 200 mph and coming within inches of each other, Off track, the politics and decision making are infamously ruthless, so it's not a surprise that those involved would be prone to a fleeting expletive every now and again.I mean, I've got a sailor mouth going 80 along the Mad Max: Fury Road that is I-4. Imagine …

Outkick

Nashville

Davidson County

Tennessee

F1’s Swearing War Is Still Happening As Drivers Association Issues Statement Asking To Be Treated Like Adults

Formula One drivers blasted the “tone and language” used by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem amid a row over swearing at press conferences.

Fox Sports Australia

Murdoch family

Telstra

Australia

Treat us like adults: F1 drivers unite to take a stand in swearing row

Formula 1 drivers launched a tough announcement this Thursday against the FIA and its...

   Los pilotos de la Fórmula 1 lanzaron este jueves un duro comunicado contra la FIA y su...

F1 drivers ask FIA to treat them like adults after swearing punishments

Coverage Details

Bias Distribution

Ownership

Similar News Topics

Similar News Topics