Red Bull's Christian Horner says F1 drivers should not be 'robots without opinion' following the FIA's ban against political and religious statements.
For this year, the International Sporting Code contains a clause noting that “the general making and display of political, religious and personal statements or comments notably in violation of the general principle of neutrality promoted by the FIA under its statutes” would be a breach of the rules, with the added proviso of “unless previously approved in writing by the FIA for international competitions.”, few F1 drivers have commented in public on the matter so far.
“Well, there's a couple of ways of looking at this,” he said when asked for his views on the restrictions. “But certainly we at Red Bull have never constrained our drivers to not have the freedom of speech either, or the freedom of their opinions or the ability to speak their minds, because they do have a voice.
“So we don't want a load of robots that are without opinion going racing, but like with all these things, there just has to be a sensible balance.”Meanwhile, Horner declined to comment on the recent controversies surrounding FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, suggesting that the matter was between the governing body and the F1 organisation.“I don't really wish to be drawn into comment on a matter that obviously is between the FIA and the commercial rights holder,” said Horner.
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