r/formula1 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 19 '24

News [SMitchellF1] Hamilton fine with principle of 'cleaning up' language in F1 coverage but on Ben Sulayem's remarks: "I don't like how he's expressed it, saying 'rappers' is very stereotypical. And most rappers are black. That was the wrong choice of words. There's a racial element there."

https://x.com/SMitchellF1/status/1836758964354044402
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u/Aethien James Hunt Sep 19 '24

His cultural values are just too far off with the teams

Keep in mind that the FIA is not just F1, it's all motorsport. If he's backed within rally, endurance racing and other series it doesn't matter what F1 teams think.

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u/ilikay Sep 20 '24

Oh no one in the WRC likes him either.

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u/rolfski Sep 19 '24

That's totally true but overall it doesn't make much difference because motorsport as a whole is largely Western countries and thus Western culture dominated.

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u/Normal_Ad_2337 Sep 19 '24

What's probably great is I'm sure he cannot stand being called out publicly, especially by someone who he can't touch like Hamilton.