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Verstappen punished for swearing in Singapore GP press conference
(www.autosport.com)
This absolute nonsense. Max should push this issue by not complying (maybe even add a little "fuck yous" in the message). What are they going to do? Whatever the next step would be, just ignore and do not comply.
Force the hand of the FIA to show them for what they are : idiots gatekeeping nonsense. This does nothing for the sport and it is a non-issue.
Some part of me feels this is a consequence of an American company owning F1 now and implementing these BS actions that seem to be normal in US sports. I was afraid that this mentality would come to F1 and here we are...
The British are way more afraid of swearing on national TV than the Americans are
Eh. US networks don't allow it, just the same as UK ones before 21:00.
Meh, two peas in a pod as far as I am concerned ๐คฃ
It's this liberty or MBS?
Future press conferences "I am here so I don't get fined."
Language like that is quite common in the Netherlands, I suppose it's all rappers there. I fail to see how this did any harm to F1, or motorsport. It is childish. This will further reduce the quality of press conferences where drivers really do not say anything but the usual: "Car was [not] running well, we are [not] confident we can run for the top places [run in the points]. We have [no] upgrades. See you after the race.".
Fuck that lol
Kimi got out of the sport just in time I guess...
Fuckin hell
I expected this to happen, but not to the WDC.
I do agree that in press conference and televised stuff that language should be kept clean. Did he apologise after saying it? I remember Lando swore when he won the Miami GP but immediately apologised. I have no issue when itโs used over team radios as that is delayed and can be censored as and when needed, and itโs in the heat of the moment and words like that do come out.
I completely disagree. I think we should all stop getting offended by so-called foul language and realise that we ourselves have the power of assigning value to words, and choosing as a society to continue to be offended by hearing "shit" and "fuck" is simply unnecessarily perpetuating the cycle and in essence creating opportunities to feel negative emotions for no reason for the next generation.
There is also the fact that this language ban isn't even motivated by some sort of morality in the first place but by sponsors who think association with such language will hurt their sales.
Yep, totally agree.
As a non native english speaker it's always funny to me, how the commentators on Sky F1 immediately apologize for the "dirty" words the drivers use.
Come on guys, we all know these words and everyone should be allowed to say "shit" or "fuck", when things are exactly that: shit!
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2024
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