Lewis Hamilton takes issue with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's "wrong" choice of words amid a swearing clampdown.
The president of F1’s governing body wants to cut down on drivers using foul language over team radio which is then aired via F1’s television broadcasts.Autosport/Motorsport“We’re not rappers, you know. They say the f-word how many times per minute? We are not on that. That’s them and we are .”
“If you think about it, most rappers are black, so it says ‘we are not like them’. So I think those are the wrong choice of words and there is a racial element there.” “I definitely think there is a little bit too much of it. I agree it needs cleaning up. But it is also good to show some emotion. We are not robots.”gave his thoughts on the FIA's attempts to reduce swearing.
"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.
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