Should the FIA Punish Swearing, or Focus on Bigger Issues? - F1 Singapore GP Updates

[@jealva]

Athletes curse in every sport but in Formula 1, the TV director decides to play the radio messages that include the swearing. It’s ridiculous to punish drivers for swearing.

[@matthewgubbins8515]

No fia should not punish swearing. Especially if it whilst heat of the moment in the car

[@robertvanzant2653]

🙄

[@denis_dg]

Yeah, that would be fucking stupid.

[@Conservator.]

@@denis_dg😂

[@dnbmania]

The race directors aren't going at 180mph around corners with max adrenaline

[@radio8029]

Why is the FIA so prude anyways? In most european countries it's absolutely normal to hear swearing on TV. They are adults ffs.

[@someguy9497]

The irony of using FFS in the comment reply 😂

[@Hamilton8timeChampion]

FIA stop with this nonsense. stop punishing drivers for losing their cool in the heat of the moment.

[@GrizeldaOConnor]

Your not in a F1 car. Absolutely outrageius overstepping of authority and focusing on no issues. Sulayem needs to be deposed.

[@setts3]

Oh for fuck's sake FIA, get over it.

[@armstrongaddy1155]

Ngl the FIA sounds like out of touch rich ass hats like wtf is this governing body doing

[@turtledovechen176]

Maybe that is because they are ? Just look up the higher up in F1 and FIA, they are a bunch of very rich out of touch people

[@RA1KU]

Really stupid, all these guys are already walking around for majority of their year with microphones screwed to their backs. Who cares about a few nasty words.

[@Chris-rf6xj]

FIA needs to quit with the b*llshit.

[@faultylifesaprentice9043]

It is a prudish attitude of someone that by sanctioning the Michael Massi mess hurt the sport way more than ever single curse ever spoken by drivers and, by the way, made many F1 fans curse... a whole lot!

[@rosswilson8917]

Absolutely agree. FIA focusing on the wrong issue (swearing) and should have focused on a last lap in Abu Dhabi 2021 that should have never counted.

[@mvh996]

omg ! still with the last lap of AD 21 !!

[@riancastermans1607]

Well. The FIA again have found something to hit Max with. It's Max the villain.

[@OFP2]

Formula 1 fans are intelligent enough to know when they see a smokescreen , mile high clubs and sweating won’t distract them from the Brake Gate .

[@antoinemilien6864]

Ben Sulayem expecting athletes not to curse in a sport is almost as out of touch of him thinking rap music is the one genre of music with vulgarities. To be fair, Max had the incident due to a press conference but I fully expect F1 to regulate language in team radios if they begin pushing on this clampdown. Never leave a dollar unturned when it comes to the FIA and F1, no matter what it means to the sport. F1 is a business first, entertainment second and sport last.

[@mitchdesertsquiddogaming]

The FIA are seriously making up authoritarian rules to suit their puritanical needs rather than making F1 exciting, this is why F1 needs to dump the FIA and get another body to take the issues plaguing modern F1 seriously like Indy Racing League or IMSA.

[@koukilouki1305]

How is an athlete suppose to express themselves and their opinion freely if you limit their freedom of expression? Swearing is an everyday part of life, there's no avoiding it.

[@vertigoz]

If only there was a way not to show them swearing

[@ctibpo991]

Absolutely punish it. Everyone in the family should be able to enjoy F1 "live" - carcams included. Drivers are extremely well paid to represent their team brand to the media. Most would actually drive for free. Big bucks for big PR. They know they are in the public eye. Would you want a dentist that swears a lot? The whole teams are role models while in the paddock. Team fines! Drivers get a 1 race ban. And reserve drivers suddenly become 10X more important! haha Bonus: They could stop delaying team radio messages by 5 seconds. We always hear Box Box after the driver has entered the pit lane or that a car is 2 secs behind just as it's passing.

[@geoffmacey8728]

Swearing in a press conference NO. On the track okay within reason but why broadcast it?

[@dangall664]

I would love for drivers just to say I'm here so I dont get fined in there conferences

[@Conservator.]

Max is Dutch and as a fellow Dutchman I have to say that we use a lot of English swear words in Dutch because they don’t sound as rude (to us!) as the Dutch equivalent. Also on Dutch radio and TV swearing is never beeped out nor will any TV professional ever apologise for the swear words used by a guest. Swearing isn’t considered good taste but we leave it at that. Max could and perhaps should learn not to swear but I think we should keep in mind that when drivers are racing they are full of adrenaline and I don’t think we should judge them for using ‘colourful language’ at those times).

[@Dirt-Diggler]

Same here, I often swear in a foreign language if I'm in company where it's inappropriate, like around children or pensioners, merde being a particular fav of mine 👍

[@Conservator.]

@@Dirt-Diggler Putain also has a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ to it. Just don’t say it when you’re in France. 😉

[@robertvanzant2653]

Maybe Max should say nothing and fuck the lot of them , mostly the fia and sky f1 €unts

[@margaritpehlivanov4504]

Punishing swearing is JOKE, especially in a sport where competitors risk their lives every time they step into their cars... As a McLaren fan- this MV's punishment is a complete joke...

[@Torero2901]

FIA wants to take ownership. The only "F words" they allow from now on are FIA, FOM and Formula 1.

[@TOMLINBISH]

FIA president MBS seems to be a bit of a loose cannon to say the least!

[@nickgovier]

So ableist slurs (Verstappen in Portimao) are fine, but swearing is not. Understood.

[@riccardo-nr4]

Eventually, we shall distinguish Team radio from press conference, but, still, it’s not FIA’s role to be raising the drivers. Isn’t it?

[@colofsco1]

I think MBS is saying that because they're in a Muslim country. In the drivers briefing, MBS could of said just for this weekend, please tone down the swearing until you get back to the western world; with a wink and a smile.

[@yourtallness]

Let's record next to the chemical toilets 🙈

[@sej8806]

Mohammed Ben Sulayem is not British.

[@levanoni]

🤣🤣🤣MBS needs to toughen up and hangout at kart tracks more often. Mechanics and kart dads are salty

[@tmole4060]

My god getting shit each week James hunt would be turning

[@Dirt-Diggler]

Swearing on an interview, yes, but on the radio FFS no, if they don't like it, don't air it, they're only worried about their precious income. Shit isn't considered Swearing in many languages, English isn't the only language out there and I say that as an Englishman.

[@billmcdonald4335]

FIA's show, FIA's rules. Get over it and move on, Free Speech Warriors. Money talks, your bullshit walks.

[@Foxvalleyproduction]

Who cares about swearing, how about the name calling is way more repulsive. Help your dad work on the family car, and will way worse swearing. Nothing they say anything on the radio we haven't heard before. The calling max a baby was the repulsive part of the whole radio thing.

[@joshuabalk483]

Should they punish swearing? Are we a bunch of children or something? Laughable. They should broadcast it ffs. Would be way more entertaining

[@jamesantill5065]

When's the FIA Presidential election? Can't happen soon enough!

[@Paul_C]

Sorry, cut out recording everything. You bloody reporters are the bloody reason

[@jasonzbell]

Like Lando said, in the modern world of social media where you can virtually say anything, if the FIA says the drivers have to stop swearing, I believe that’s just going to make the comments over the radio “fake” and FAR less entertaining. As an American race fan, I say, let them say what they want when the helmet is on. It creates more excitement, talking points, etc. Plus, there’s a delay, so it’s not hard for the FIA/broadcast to bleep it out. With that said, when they’re out of the car and in a press conference, they should control their wording. That’s expected. But PLEASE DON’T TAME THINGS DOWN WHEN THE HELMET IS ON! Trust me, they will lose a lot of the fan base that is growing this sport in America and other big markets.

[@alippay2]

No fucking way…

[@dropoutjohn]

Nice fucking porta-potty in the background...

The Question is why haven’t the FIA addressed Max’s attitude/ foul language?

[@robertl7503]

The British are so woke,

[@sirwinstonchurchill2052]

No, we are not. These people are a minority and they are really beginning to get on our nerves.

[@setts3]

Sadly so...

[@RogerKeulen]

1th world countries that thurn into shitholes tend to do this. Smile and look credit worthy to foreign investors.

[@BoxBoxBoxGaming]

who fucking cares

[@RichardYung-qj3yc]

They have F1 kids for kids. Wth r u on about?

[@SneeUnit]

Bigger issues

[@jeanpepin6497]

It's sports. There's supposed to be swearing 🤬

[@ArthurKent-rk4tb]

Try to drive Formula one car without swearing 😅😂

[@cazadon]

the only thing the FIA should do is regulate the cars and the tracks and thats it

[@anngo4140]

Just tell the TV director to bleep it out then WTF

[@Conservator.]

They already do but not on the live stream of individual drivers.

[@dantheman9228]

Okay i get it in this case i mean he should not swear in front of the cameras in a press conference and frankly his team should be punishing him not the FIA for this but as for the guys swearing when driving maybe we should not be listening in as you are never going to stop a driver swearing after a close shave or a big accident its adrenalin.

[@evilzzzability]

Hes just a bellend, isn't he? Theres a right and wrong way to conduct yourself. I don't have a problem with the odd expletive in the heat of battle but swearinf while representing yourself out of the car should be stamped out.

[@KayoMichiels]

McLaren running an illegal DRS flap...FIA: 'nothing to see here' Max Verstappen dropping an F-bomb....FIA: 'HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!!!'

[@margaritpehlivanov4504]

Nope, McLaren will revisit their rear wing... It was still probably inspired by Red Bulls' flexible wings from the past, just made to bend another way... Formula 1 here, not a spec cars championship!... ETA: MV's swearing punishment is a complete joke in a sport where competitors risk their lives to compete... But nowadays we live in world where everyone is easily getting offended and freedom of speech (telling what you really think) is the worst of things...

[@Luke121201]

When benny realises the kids watching are playing Call of Duty (an18yr game) are swearing there tits off whilst killing pixels. 🤣 This sports a joke. This liberty’s issue anyway (if they have one) as they commercial rights holder for broadcasting not the FIA !

[@aardbei07]

its they (fia) who choose to transmit these reactions,and almost allways its from 1 or 2 laps before so they can choose to transmit it or not,so you tell me who`s to blame viewers can hear the swearing 🤑😇

[@chrisbriggs4961]

Try to set a good example, is it not much to ask. If any highly payed person is getting a bit upset just look at your bank balance and realize how you have little reason to be effing and blinding.

[@teknikairaoulolgandessabek4102]

Well spoken ways, good decorum are a MUST for a sport that is presented to all audiences. Bad language is a "NO".