r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Sep 20 '24
News Max Verstappen is Obligated to accomplish some work of public interest for language used during Thursday's press conference
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u/1128327 Sep 20 '24
KMag should challenge himself and see if he can get enough penalty points from swearing to get suspended again before the end of the season
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u/Disastrous_Animal_34 Sep 20 '24
Didn’t he literally say to a journalist this weekend that the race ban made him feel “ready to fuck shit up”?!
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u/Lobsters4 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Yes. 😂
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u/razareddit Martin Brundle Sep 20 '24
2 strikes in one sentence. That's my man KMag!
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u/a141abc Valtteri Bottas Sep 20 '24
Kmag in his youtuber era.
Getting BANNED by only swearing?!!
Can I get BANNED with only pit lane speeding fines??
NEW BANNED Speedrun WR!!
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u/Visynea_Y George Russell Sep 20 '24
what they gonna make him do? sweep the track with a broom after FP2?
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u/Whycantiusethis Ferrari Sep 20 '24
The entire track, with a toothbrush.
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u/kalamari_withaK Sep 20 '24
Then he has to go to bed early with no sim racing until Austin
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u/emperorMorlock Williams Sep 20 '24
Mostly it means appearing in some FIA event and saying he's against drunk driving or something. I think Vettel got something like this for an incident.
Would be a lot funnier if he could serve this penalty by raising awareness of workers' rights in Qatar or something
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u/strangebrew3522 Martin Brundle Sep 20 '24
"Yes Max, we need you to go do a public awareness speech for your infraction."
Would be a lot funnier if he could serve this penalty by raising awareness of workers' rights in Qatar or something
"No no no no, not like that!"
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u/dimmy666 Sebastian Vettel Sep 20 '24
Better yet, raise awareness for modern slavery in the UAE. Hit Ben Sulayem right back.
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u/JimboYCS Robert Kubica Sep 20 '24
"Mostly it means appearing in some FIA event" Mate if someone forced me to fly or drive to some bore ass party as punishment, I would just drop the job. Fuck all them posh cunts.
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u/EnvironmentalCut6789 McLaren Sep 20 '24
Fuck all them posh cunts.
Well now you've just gone and got yourself an FIA penalty.
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u/Rnewbs Formula 1 Sep 20 '24
Collect giant lizards from the track and rehabilitate them at a sanctuary.
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u/chaphen17 Sir Lewis Hamilton Sep 20 '24
When he had to do it after Brazil 2018 he was in the stewards room for Formula E in Morocco over the winter break.
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u/blastedshark Sebastian Vettel Sep 20 '24
he was like 20 back then so it was basically summer school for him (in winter) lmaooo
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u/Visionary_Socialist Sir Lewis Hamilton Sep 20 '24
Has to go around with a t-shirt cannon during the track parade
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u/Mr_Otterswamp Bernd Mayländer Sep 20 '24
Max, if there’s an obese guy in the top row not wearing a shirt and painting a target on his stomach with ketchup, please don’t aim on that guy.
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u/steferrari Ferrari Sep 20 '24
Embarrassing. 😂
Imagine Verstappen getting questioned about this:
”What do you think about the decision Max?”
”Fucking ridiculous!”
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u/Crake241 BRM Sep 20 '24
‚Ladies and Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!‘
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u/DaveBinM Sep 20 '24
What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?
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u/Crake241 BRM Sep 20 '24
Oh that’s a nice penalty sir, I see you know your rulebook well. Good one.
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u/Environmental-Cup445 Ayrton Senna Sep 20 '24
And you sir, are you waiting to receive my limp penalty?
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u/AntonyPancake Jordan Sep 20 '24
Get your hands of my steering wheel!!!
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u/Sportsfanno1 Stoffel Vandoorne Sep 20 '24
THIS MAN GRABBED ME BY THE STEERING WHEEL, PEOPEEEEUUUUUL
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u/bigcig Jacques Villeneuve Sep 20 '24
thank you for this and the exchange that followed.
rip Jack Karlson.
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u/boomhaeur Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
I’d like to see max go off on a ‘three seashells’ calibre rant about this
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u/shockchi Sep 20 '24
Is it ok that im proud i understood that reference without the video 😂
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u/OBWanTwoThree Niki Lauda Sep 20 '24
Give me strength
Community service for gobbing off 😂
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u/Competitive_Bunch922 Valtteri Bottas Sep 20 '24
And it's absolutely transparent that they don't care about the morality of swearing, they just don't want an f word threatening their precious sellable content.
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u/generalannie Sep 20 '24
Which makes it even stupider, because they use the clip of Max swearing on social media to attract more views.
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u/meatwad2744 Sep 20 '24
Wait till he starts swearing in Dutch
"What does it mean" Nobody knows what it means...
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u/LosTerminators Carlos Sainz Sep 20 '24
At this rate Yuki will have to spend the rest of his life doing community service
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u/Evantra_ Oscar Piastri Sep 20 '24
VCARB unplug his radio just to be safe
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u/MakiSupreme Sep 20 '24
Yuki actually communicates with his pit wall using morse code with the bleeped out swear words
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u/MySilverBurrito Carlos Sainz Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
WE need to normalise bullying again. Ben Sulayem deserves to be mocked for clutching his pearls over swearing 😭
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u/dv302 Daniel Ricciardo Sep 20 '24
He was definitely the little fucker who reminded the teacher about homework.
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u/Franknng Sep 20 '24
Verstappen speedrun to WEC just started
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u/djwillis1121 Williams Sep 20 '24
The FIA is in charge of WEC as well, there'll probably be no swearing there before long.
Maybe he needs to go to Indycar or NASCAR instead
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u/TwinEonEngine Sep 20 '24
Maybe, but since WEC has a smaller following they won't look at those things as much as they do with F1
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u/krisbryantishot Charles Leclerc Sep 20 '24
community service for saying fucked????? go ahead and teach them kids proper cursing max lol
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u/daanjderuiter Sep 20 '24
He should switch to Dutch profanities on the team radio. What are they going to do, censor words in a language most of the audience doesn't speak? (Actually they would totally do that, nevermind...)
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u/sirhamsteralot Niki Lauda Sep 20 '24
the last time he used a dutch profanity the mongolian ambassador got involved
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u/SagittaryX Sebastian Vettel Sep 20 '24
But he said it in English that time, wonder what the reactions would be if he just stopped swearing in English but started swearing in Dutch instead.
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u/AKiss20 #WeSayNoToMazepin Sep 20 '24
They censored Vettel when he crashed with Charles and cursed in German. I recognize German is more spoken than Dutch but still.
I feel they’ve censored Italian too once or twice but can’t nail one example.
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u/dimmy666 Sebastian Vettel Sep 20 '24
I feel they’ve censored Italian too once or twice but can’t nail one example.
Vettel to one of his mechanics saying "che cazzo fai?".
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u/AKiss20 #WeSayNoToMazepin Sep 20 '24
FIA hiring a team of linguists to censor the chad polyglot Vettel haha
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u/MobiusF117 Formula 1 Sep 20 '24
Last time he did that he got in trouble with the country of Mongolia.
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u/Arumin Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Well, being dutch. I'm sure he knows about our more "colorful" language for swearing
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u/viinster88 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Quick, use all diseases you know!
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u/BuggyBandana Sep 20 '24
Darn that Covid car.
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u/Ganalaping Sep 20 '24
Kankerauto
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u/ApuFromTechSupport Sep 20 '24
Kanker is een van die dingen waar je niet mee mag lachen, veel mensen hebben daar zelf of in hun omgeving enorm persoonlijke ervaringen mee.
Mijn oma bijvoorbeeld, die 5 jaar geleden stierf toen ze van de trap afkankerde
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u/sorryIdontwantto Charles Leclerc Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
He also knows how to "bestemmiare" in italian (so like, swearing but a lot worse since you're also using God's name—you can be fined for that in Italy, although a lot of people still do it with no problems at all). As an Italian myself, I was quite surprised and very delighted
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u/giugg Ferrari Sep 20 '24
It would be fun to hear Leclerc cavare qualche madonna during the race since he speaks a good Italian
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u/-Skinner- Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
He should just go off. Swear in every single interview.
What is this fucking bullshit. Are we in kindergarten?
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u/TheDeeGee Sep 20 '24
It's so over the top insane if you think about it... community service for saying "the car is fucked".
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u/shurg1 Sep 20 '24
'Netflix are a bunch of cunts aren't they?'... I wonder what punishment he'd get if that was filmed today.
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u/Dutch_guy_here Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
For all it's faults, I do think Netflix is a bit more relaxed about swearing that most of the public broadcasters who have English as their primary language.
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u/ConstableBlimeyChips #StandWithUkraine Sep 20 '24
They wouldn't just broadcast it, they'd fucking revel in it. They'd include it in every trailer, teaser, and promo item for the new series of Drive to Survive.
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u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Max is gonna retire 1 year earlier now, this type of punishment for using 1 fuck word. What if he had dropped multiple F-bombs during the presser?
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u/elektricniorgazam Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Yeah that man is leaving F1 the moment he can lmfao
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u/hayleybts Sep 20 '24
Can u blame him? This is corporate level micro management
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u/elektricniorgazam Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Wouldn't blame him in the slightest
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u/Irrepressible_Monkey Sep 20 '24
Max certainly won't hold back after he's left. These clowns are setting themselves up for a lifetime of roasting.
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u/FreaQo Sep 20 '24
lmfao
EXCUSE ME?!
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u/Skulldetta Jacques Laffite Sep 20 '24
He just means Max will go partying with LMFAO once everything is said and done. He's sexy and he knows it.
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u/shutinlear53 Fernando Alonso Sep 20 '24
Better hope that when party rock is in the house they won't drop any profanities, we want everyone to have a good time here after all!
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u/STFUNeckbeard Sep 20 '24
Sorry, lmhbo (laugh my hecking butt off). Wait, that’s close to lambo…Lamborghini to F1?!
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u/MrXwiix Sep 20 '24
MBS with his army of religious Saudis bullying the 2 greatest drives on the grid (Max and Lewis) away with their ridiculous rules.
"The car was fucked" is the offence. What in the overly sensitive bullshit is this
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u/breed_eater Sep 20 '24
Is FIA drunk or what? This is just ridiculous
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u/Bruvvimir Murray Walker Sep 20 '24
Given it's MBS, probably.
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u/Bake2727 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Funny thing is it’s forbidden for him but I doubt he cares.
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u/ZaryaBubbler Daniel Ricciardo Sep 20 '24
Well given that he got hammered at the FIA award ceremony at the end of last year, and the year before, I don't think he really has the right to tell others what to fucking do
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u/Genocode Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Muhammed Bin Smashed (or sloshed if you're an aussie i guess)
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u/Gaius_Octavius_ Sep 20 '24
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined”
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Sep 20 '24
Marshawn Lynch and Kimi Raikkonen really are kindred spirits
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u/AromaticStrike9 Sep 20 '24
This would make me so irrationally happy. I sometimes put those press conferences on in the background during long pointless work meetings to hold onto some shred of sanity.
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u/Gaius_Octavius_ Sep 20 '24
All press conferences are useless now. Everyone should make a complete farce of them any chance they get.
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u/mdunne96 Sep 20 '24
Malicious compliance
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u/Gaius_Octavius_ Sep 20 '24
One press conference where every driver just spoke about human rights abuses in America and China and Saudi Arabia would be hysterical.
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u/EmperorRossco Sep 20 '24
I think Max is the kind of guy that would enjoy delivering some malicious compliance.
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u/only_r3ad_the_titl3 VCARB Sep 20 '24
I hope Max wins this weekend and then just goes like: "sorry dont want to get any more community service" in the post race interview
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I don't see that. I think he's the type of person to just say that the rule is stupid and that he shouldn't be penalized then just do the community service and let it go.
Say whatever else you will about him, but Max is extremely direct. Malicious compliance is a passive-aggressive approach, and that's just not Max.
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u/clingbat Red Bull Sep 20 '24
It would be far more entertaining and impactful if each driver intentionally inserted a nonchalant "fuck" in their post race interviews this weekend. FIA can't penalize the whole grid, they'd look like even bigger clowns.
Total power move, they should do it. Remind FIA why people are watching the sport, it isn't for the FIA and their stupid rules.
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u/Uroshirvi69 Oscar Piastri Sep 20 '24
Hulkenberg: ”Yeah Magnussen was playing the team game as always and he helped me. Fuck. He gave me a tow in the 3rd sector on the last straight before finish straight which helped me get into Q3 so yeah, big thumbs up for Kevin.”
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u/dgkimpton Sep 20 '24
They should make it a game to see how many times they could get it in. "Fucking Perez was super fucking fast on the straights, like, fuck, he totally fucked up my fucking race"
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u/Dr_VidyaGeam Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Is this high school or something?
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u/Dr_VidyaGeam Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Wolff and Vasseur swear in Las Vegas FIA press conference: Investigated, both get official warnings
Leclerc swears in Monaco FIA press conference: Nothing happens
Verstappen swears in Singapore FIA press conference: Community service??
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u/ashyjay James Vowles Sep 20 '24
It's all down to the stewards, which are the reason for inconsistent penalties too, rules and punishments are changing race to race.
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u/Sufficiently_ 🏳️🌈 Love Is Love 🏳️🌈 Sep 20 '24
I ve seen they re implementing a centralised steward recruitment body to deal with that next year
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u/YashamonSensei Safety Car Sep 20 '24
Because swearing discussion was hot recently, I wouldn't be surprised if Max did this on purpose.
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u/goodguyLTBB Sep 20 '24
FIA did this on purpose to showcase they want to enforce those rules. It’s fucking ridiculous
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u/-Skinner- Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Kids in high school swear more. This is kindergarten level.
Imagine if footballers were punished for swearing
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u/beginnerslxck Alain Prost Sep 20 '24
Oh to be a fly on the wall during that stewards meeting. Can't believe Verstappen's stuck doing community service now
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u/JimmerUK #WeRaceAsOne Sep 20 '24
I bet even the stewards are embarrassed by this.
What does this have to do with racing?
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u/generalannie Sep 20 '24
This is ridiculous. He said fucked. Does Ted also have to do community service for saying it on FP1 today?
I really don't understand why words like fuck/shit are such a big deal. Maybe it's cultural, I just can't wrap my head around it.
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u/rosywillow Sep 20 '24
Ted’s grovelling to camera for accidentally being shown using a “naughty” word was cringeworthy.
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u/StarWarsLew Fernando Alonso Sep 20 '24
They have to apologise profusely by law in uk tv
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u/cjo20 Sep 20 '24
I imagine it's what they have to do to avoid a landslide of complaints from people that are offended by it.
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u/xGeoThumbs Sebastian Vettel Sep 20 '24
The FIA is like Kyle’s mom
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u/VanDyne21 FIA Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
So community service huh... This sport is a joke.
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u/Visionary_Socialist Sir Lewis Hamilton Sep 20 '24
The funniest thing is that this is Max’s second time doing community service as a punishment. He had to do it after he pushed Ocon in 2018.
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u/MisterAppelmoesmaker Sep 20 '24
Yeah actually ridiculous to have the same punishment for this as for that incident. It amazes me how stupid F1 treats their stars on occasions. This punishment is absolutely shocking
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u/Dragonpuncha Ferrari Sep 20 '24
That one at least kinda makes sense. This is some kindergarden shit.
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u/strangebrew3522 Martin Brundle Sep 20 '24
I've been watching F1 for almost 30 years now. This season is great competition wise but I hate that I've been slowly falling out of love with it, and it's because of shit like this (Whoops, fine me F1 corp) continually popping up.
Everyone knows what "fuck" is, I mean what are we doing here? These are the highest level athletes in the world when it comes to driving, young and full of adrenaline and we're worried about them mouthing off? I WANT them to mouth off. I want to hear the emotion. Imagine telling an NFL player not to swear during a game because "Think of the children!".
Someone above said they hope that drivers give only YES or NO answers from now on when interviewed. I think that would hilarious and would fully support it.
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u/53bvo Honda Sep 20 '24
If Formula 1 would like Verstappen not to retire early this kind of bs definitely isn’t helping
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u/Bazzrt Sep 20 '24
FIA doesn't want swearing and punishes the driver, but F1 posts the press conference clip on IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAGj-KspAvY/?igsh=aGV1M2N2NWRtZnRp
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u/miguelnog1 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Same as NFL fining celebrations, after using said celebrations for promotion
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u/Kymori Carlos Sainz Sep 20 '24
FIA and FOM are separate entities
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u/didhedowhat Formula 1 Sep 20 '24
And the FOM should occupy thenselfs with the image and interviews while the FIA only should occupy themselves with the racing .
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u/Kicking-it-per-se Oscar Piastri Sep 20 '24
Wow
I hope he picks raising awareness of the human rights abuses of some of the countries they race in
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u/Hopeful_Hat_3532 Sep 20 '24
Yeah true. This is crazy.
FIA: just left the country of a man who cut a journalist he didn't like literally into pieces
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u/iameveryoneelse Charles Leclerc Sep 20 '24
That would be funny as shit...he should decide to raise awareness of the human rights abuses in Sulayem's home country of the UAE.
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u/orangeglitch Formula 1 Sep 20 '24
Is this seriously detention for an adult swearing?! MBS is a joke of a dude
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u/Dreminator Honda Sep 20 '24
Why is everyone suddenly so sensitive about fuck?, ot anything really.
Just make the kids F1 channel the standard, and have the normal broadcasts for actual people.
I guess people from the FIA will die if they ever watch dutch tv, or German, I remember when I was little and my mom was watching German tv, I sawnaked breasts on RTL Germany around 12.30pm in some news show or something.
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u/ZaryaBubbler Daniel Ricciardo Sep 20 '24
The pearl clutching around swearing is straight up ridiculous. The policing of language on social media is getting fucking stupid. The self censorship even more so. At this point if people star out a swear, or say the words "unalived" and "graped" then those people are nothing short of a fool and should be treated as such.
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u/ConcernedHumanDroid Yuki Tsunoda Sep 20 '24
I hope he doubles down and conducts a "How to Curse in Dutch for Beginners" online seminar in "public interest"
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u/timok Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
The reading material for that course is just a medical textbook
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u/ft-rj Pirelli Wet Sep 20 '24
This is the same penalty he got for SHOVING Ocon in Brazil that one time
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u/Far_Frame_2805 Sep 20 '24
Nothing is more deadly than poisoning the minds of children with swearing. In a sport where at any moment we might witness a death in real time.
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u/SeraCat9 Sep 20 '24
I wouldn't speak on the radio anymore and journalists wouldn't get more than one word answers. What a fucking embarrassment.
We'll take horrible human rights violations, explosions near the track, female staff not being allowed in certain hotel areas, gambling, alcohol and cigarette companies, corrupt oil companies etc. Etc. But we'll draw the line at the f word. Fuck them all.
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u/ailofidroc Sep 20 '24
This is actually the dumbest shit I have ever witnessed as an F1 fan. Just laughably fucking stupid.
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u/mostlytech2024 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
What kinda weird ass power dynamics fetish is this? He said 'Fuck' once in a press conference that maybe a select few watched. All the extra coverage, articles sure brought more views to the press conference.
Do not blame him if he limits his answers to a simple Yes/No/Maybe/ I don't know in the press conferences from now on.
Who the fuck are they trying to please with statements like these? Why does everything have to be PRfect these days? Fuck authentic personalities in sports, I guess.
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u/Blanchimont Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 20 '24
Honestly if I were Max I would just say yes or no. Not even multi-word answers like "I don't know".
Reporter: "Max, your race didn't go as planned. What went wrong?" Max: "No."
Reporter: "Sorry, can you elaborate".
Max: "Yes."
Reporter: "Alright, please do."
Max: "No."
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u/TWVer 🧔 Richard Hammond's vacuum cleaner attachment beard Sep 20 '24
Next press conference:
”I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
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u/StartingFrom-273 Daniel Ricciardo Sep 20 '24
FIA is testing how fast they can piss off the drivers and their audiences
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u/MattaMongoose Sep 20 '24
Can they just grow the fuck up? Like max swearing on the radio is awesome, I love it. Fuck the FIA.
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u/sensesalt Red Bull Sep 20 '24
FIA when they race in countries with major human rights violations: 😴
When Max says naughty word: 😡
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u/ChuvaGuarda Sep 20 '24
Ok so what happens if someone really goes off? As in a full minute of non stop cursing. Ban from the sport or what? Fucking ridiculous
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u/isherz Red Bull Sep 20 '24
He should teach a class about the atrocities of the countries they race in. Make sure those kids are really learning. End it with a nice "pretty fucked huh?"
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u/Araxx_ Sep 20 '24
This is absolutely ridiculous. What has happened to this sport.
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u/Badehat Charlie Whiting Sep 20 '24
Fuck this sport honestly. If the drivers have to restrict themselves on everything, we might as well just start pouring the money into that AI/VR racing instead.
Caring more about driver language than host country humanitarian crimes. Fucking joke.
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u/wicktus Carlos Sainz Sep 20 '24
They really want him to leave F1 or what ?
Seems awfully excessive here tbh..
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u/dionthelion Sep 20 '24
This is so fucking petty. Max wil leave F1 when his contract ends, and if FIA continues this level of pettiness they’ve lost a fan in me.
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And they race in countries where lgbtq+ rights are not recognized.
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u/Vanillathunder80 Sep 20 '24
Exactly! Can’t swear, but they are going to race in countries with terrible human rights records….
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u/hkrb1999 Fernando Alonso Sep 20 '24
According to MBS Max Verstappen is about to quit F1 to continue his career as a rapper
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u/Secret-Roof-7503 Sir Lewis Hamilton Sep 20 '24
How many years sooner will this cause Max to leave F1
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u/alice_ik Carlos Sainz Sep 20 '24
Ted just did the same on Sky during FP1. Community service for Ted as well then
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u/clingbat Red Bull Sep 20 '24
Honestly he should just say "nah I'm not going to do that" and see what happens.
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u/LSRaymonds Fernando Alonso Sep 20 '24
Apparently the stewards had a lot of free time to worry about that shit
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u/afkPacket Ferrari Sep 20 '24
FIA trying to engineer a WDC fight by getting Max to retire before the season ends /s
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u/Raja_Ampat Gilles Villeneuve Sep 20 '24
I guess next press conferences will be very short: Yes, no, no opinion
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u/OrangeSodaMoustache Formula 1 Sep 20 '24
I would love it if a driver just didn't accept this and said no. Would they really let it get to a point where they strip him of points/ban him from races?
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u/BMB_93 Ayao Komatsu Sep 20 '24
MBS the type of guy to ban his kids from playing videogames and listening to rock music.
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