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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Giles Richards

F1 drivers unite to issue statement demanding FIA treats them like adults

Max Verstappen.
Max Verstappen was punished after swearing in a press conference in September. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images

Formula One drivers have demanded the FIA stops treating them like children in a damning indictment of the governing body’s policies and its president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA), which represents F1 drivers, issued a strongly worded and highly critical statement on Thursday, addressing the recent controversy over ­swearing. It took issue with the “tone and ­language” used by Ben Sulayem and questioned the financial transparency of the FIA, in a highly unusual and very public critique which puts the FIA in a difficult position.

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