This Thursday, the FIA announced its desire to remove from broadcasts the foul language and swearing that drivers often use in moments of great tension. And it was a topic of debate at a press conference. Because of this, Max Verstappen He is insistent. He made it clear that he would not change his language even a little because, according to him, it would not even help the education of children who see F1. And a day later, surely a bad word uttered yesterday in a press conference, could bring him punishment.
Before addressing this topic at Thursday’s press conference, Max let out a rant in which the interviewer called him out. “I know the car is broken”Max said when talking about his car inside Baku and the worst configuration you chose compared to a ‘Czech‘ to do a better job of it. There, the moderator asked Max to improve his language.
And a day later, the FIA called him to testify in front of the stewards for saying that expression in a press conference, as it was broadcast live in many countries around the world. Max may receive a warning or penalty in the form of a fine for that language, although it is not expected to be a sporting penalty.
“The driver and a team representative must appear before the stewards at 7pm (Singapore time) for the following incident: violation of article 12.2.1.k of the international sporting code: language used in Thursday’s press conference”, can be read in the FIA document.
Verstappen and his opinion: “Are we 5 years old or what?”
A few minutes after that expression, as soon as the topic of censoring swearing from television broadcasts came up, Max remembered the moderator’s warning and made his opinion clear. “I will use bad words here (in the press room) and there (on the track)”he declared, not realizing that a day later they would call him to testify.
“Everybody does it. Abuse is a different story, but as far as bad language goes… A lot of people say a lot of other things in other games but they don’t have a microphone and it’s not known.”. Here, perhaps for entertainment, they end up on the air, people argue about it on social networks and you have a problem. The solution is not to broadcast it,” he added in this regard.
“This is a small part of the world we live in. In sport and in the world in general now people are more sensitive, but hey, it is what it is. The world is changing and I think it will be solved if not you will broadcast it Yes No one listens to it, no one is hurt There are many applications where people can listen to pilots’ radios. Maybe it needs to be limited or censored. I think it will work better. I don’t know, I just can’t say J… excuse my language, but what’s going on? Are we 5 or 6 years old now? Even if a 5 or 6 year old child were to listen to it, they would end up using the same language. Should parents ban it? When they are with their friends they will use it. “I don’t think it’s going to change anything and I don’t think punishing drivers is necessary either,” done.
Source: La Verdad
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