Formula 1 drivers urge the sport's governing body to treat them like adults after Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc were punished for swearing.
Formula 1 drivers have urged the sport's governing body to treat them like adults after Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc were punished for swearing.
"We urge the FIA president to consider his own tone and language when talking to our member drivers, or indeed about them, whether in a public forum or otherwise. In Singapore, Red Bull driver Verstappen was ordered by FIA stewards to "accomplish some work of public interest" after using a swear word to describe his car in a news conference.
The reference in the GPDA letter to "jewellery or underpants" is to an earlier controversy of Ben Sulayem's period as president, when heThe letter also expressed the drivers' unhappiness at fines being used as punishment by the FIA, and asked for transparency as to how the funds are used. "All stakeholders should jointly determine how and whether the money is spent for the benefit of the sport."
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