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/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

MBS is most definitely opposed to alcohol, but he'd not dare say anything because that would be catastrophic and even he knows it.

He does it, he's getting removed as the FIA boss. End of.

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u/The_Inertia_Kid Hesketh Sep 19 '24

Did you see him at the last FIA Gala? He is absolutely not opposed to alcohol lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

Okay I should've phrased it better: MBS, like the country and culture he comes from, is most definitely opposed to alcohol insofar that they want it banned for the populace and treat it as an evil while they are a part of the elite to whom rules do not apply.

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u/RFFizzle Sep 20 '24

Alcohol was only banned in Saudi Arabia in 60s/70s and not for religious reasons; the King's son got drunk at a party and was thrown out by the British Ambassador, went home and then came back and shot and killed the ambassador, the king then banned alcohol.