Motor racing-Verstappen riled by call for F1 drivers to swear less
Verstappen reacts to FIA president's comments
Hamilton takes issue with Ben Sulayem's reference to rappers
Adds Hamilton reaction
By Rae Wee
SINGAPORE, Sept 19 (Reuters) -Max Verstappen said Formula One should not air team radio if the sport was concerned about bad language after the head of the governing FIA compared drivers to foul-mouthed rappers.
Mohammed Ben Sulayem told motorsport.com that the FIA had asked Formula One Management to minimise the amount of swearing on television. The Emirati said drivers also had a responsibility.
"We're not rappers, you know," the FIA president was quoted as saying. "They say the F-word how many times per minute? We are not on that.
"Imagine you are sitting with your children and watching the race and then someone is saying all of this dirty language. I mean, what would your children or grandchildren say? What would you teach them if that is your sport?"
Verstappen, asked about the comments moments after using the very same 'F-word' in an FIA press conference at the Singapore Grand Prix to describe the state of his car, suggested the governing body was going too far.
"Everyone swears, some people a bit more than others," observed theRed Bull triple world champion and current championship leader.
"Of course, abuse is something else ... but I think a lot of things get broadcast nowadays where in other sports you don't run around with a mic attached to you.
"A lot of people say a lot of bad things when they are full of adrenaline in other sports, it just doesn't get picked up. Where here, probably also for entertainment purposes, things get sent out," he added.
"It's just probably a bit the world that we live in ... I think it already just starts with not broadcasting it or not giving the option for people to hear it.
"Of course, there are a lot of apps where people can listen to radios and stuff. You have to probably limit it, or have a bit of a delay, that you can censor out a few things. That will help a lot more than putting bans on drivers."
BAD LANGUAGE
Formula One beeps out bad language on the global feed, with some drivers in the past also deliberately swearing in radio exchanges with the pit wall to prevent information being broadcast more widely.
Verstappen suggested the FIA was fighting a losing battle anyway.
"Excuse me for the language but like, what are we? Five-year-olds? Six-year-olds?," he asked.
"Even if a five-year-old or six-year-old is watching, I mean, they willeventually swear anyway. Even if the parents won't, or they will not allow it, when they grow up they will walk around with their friends, and they will be swearing.
"So, you know, this is not changing anything."
Mercedes's seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton, who is not known for swearing and agreed there was too much of it online, took issue with Ben Sulayem's use of language.
"I don't like how he's expressed it," he said. "If you think about it, most rappers are black ... So I think those are the wrong choice of words. There's a racial element there.
"Also, it's good to have some emotion. It's very, very hard. We're not robots."
Writing by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Toby Davis and Ken Ferris
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