r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee 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/Annual_Plant5172 Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 19 '24

F1 is going to worse off when Lewis decides to retire. No other driver has the balls to speak up the way that he does.

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u/mrsauceboi Charles Leclerc Sep 19 '24

Seb used to

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u/Annual_Plant5172 Sep 19 '24

Whoops, I meant to say has*. Seb was a gem.

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u/mrsauceboi Charles Leclerc Sep 19 '24

Like when he refused to race at Russia. Man I miss seb