After driver backlash on its new rules around free speech in F1, the FIA has sought to clarify its position.
Many drivers were calling for clarity on the FIA’s clampdown on free speech, and now the governing body has moved to provide it.
But, with the majority of the Formula 1 drivers speaking negatively about this ruling, there was also a general call for clarification on what exactly the FIA’s intentions were, while Formula 1 as a whole was monitoring this situation. In a document sent to all 10 teams, the governing body has confirmed that drivers may make personal, political or religious statements via their social media accounts, as part of an interview with accredited media or during an FIA press conference, as long as they were pressed directly on the subject by a reporter.
This then would put a stopper on actions like wearing T-shirts on the grid or podium with political messages, which both Lewis Hamilton and the now retired Sebastian Vettel have done in recent years.
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