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Max Verstappen riled up by call for F1 drivers to swear less

Mercedes's seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton took issue with the FIA's comparison to rappers, saying there was a "racial element" at play.

Max Verstappen said Formula One should not air team radio if the sport was concerned about bad language after the head of the governing FIA compared drivers to foul-mouthed rappers. Mohammed Ben Sulayem told motorsport.com that the FIA had asked Formula One Management to minimize the amount of swearing on television.

The Emirati said drivers also had a responsibility. "We're not rappers, you know," the FIA president was quoted as saying. "They say the F-word how many times per minute? We are not on that.

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