Toto Wolff calls for nuance, as Christian Horner suggested the FIA needed a different approach in response to Max Verstappen swearing in a press conference
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has asked for a 'civilised' approach to the current controversy over swearing, in the wake of the FIA punishing Max Verstappen for use of a swear word. In Singapore's Thursday press conference, Verstappen was reflecting on the previous race in Azerbaijan had described his car as 'f***ed' - to which the FIA took a dim view and handed him the equivalent of community service.
'But if we can dim it down a little bit then that is good for all of us, but I wouldn’t necessarily ban the F-word because I think there is worse and worse words than that.' 'I don’t think that using the F-word in a press conference is the worst thing. But OK if we need to adapt, all of us adapt our language, including team principals then we will look at it more. It is more civilised like this.
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