FIA president Mohamed Ben Sulayem has spoken out.
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the president of Formula 1 's governing body, the FIA , has hot back at the Grand Prix Drivers' Association's letter calling for drivers to be treated like adults.released a statement under the GPDA
It read: "With regards to swearing, there is a difference between swearing intended to insult others and more casual swearing, such as you might use to describe bad weather, or indeed an inanimate object such as a Formula 1 car, or a driving situation."We urge the FIA President to also consider his own tone and language when talking to our member drivers, or indeed about them, whether in a public forum or otherwise.
"Further, our members are adults, they do not need to be given instructions via the media, about matters as trivial as the wearing of jewelry and underpants.", he said: "None of their business. Sorry. With all respect, I am a driver. I respect the drivers. Let them go and concentrate on what they do best, which is race."But okay, you want to know how much we paid in grassroots? I'll give you - 10.3million we invested in grassroots last year.
"We have the rules, we follow our rules. We don't follow someone else's rule. Simple as this. Why do I have to answer everything? I have a responsibility towards my members and towards the sport. I'm not a person who will go and wake up in the morning, go and look at the media. The media are good, but they don't have votes in the FIA."I have been elected to fix the FIA, and I am fixing it. I am very happy with our new team. Very happy.
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