The FIA have issued a 'Guidance Note' clarifying how F1 drivers can express their views when not 'on the field of play'. Update comes in the wake of recent criticism from several drivers over an apparent ban on free speech.
Any local, regional, or national government or any of its departments, offices or functions.Any organisation whose aims or actions: conflict with the FIA’s values or Diversity and Inclusion mission; and/or include hostility, prejudice, or unlawful discrimination on the grounds set out in Article 1.2 of the FIA Statutes.Any specific political act/ event.
Private, non-proselytising religious gestures, such as pointing to the sky or crossing oneself, shall not be considered prohibited religious statements. Article 12.2.1.n will not be used to sanction individuals who display religious symbols or wear prescribed religious clothing/ornaments, unless they include prohibited statements or comments of the kind mentioned above.Any circumstance personal to the participant. Competitors must not use events as a platform to share personal statements of any kind in violation of the general principle of neutrality.Before this latest clarification from the FIA, drivers had criticised the new rule.
Lewis Hamilton: “But nothing will stop me from speaking on the things that I’m passionate about, and on issues that there are."
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