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F1: Drivers united on swearing

All 20 current F1 drivers call on the FIA to rethink its recently introduced crackdown on swearing, urging the sport's governing body to treat them as adults. The open letter to the FIA, posted on the Grand Prix Drivers' Association Instagram account comes days after the drivers participated in conditions that saw veterans like Fernando Alonso describe as the worst he had ever known, and Bernie Ecclestone claim that Max Verstappen's was one of the greatest wet weather drives he had ever witnessed. Nonetheless, the FIA, led by president Mohammed ben Sulayem, wants drivers to stop swearing, insisting that it is a bad example to the sport's younger followers. Days after Ben Sulayem mention...
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