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Mohammed Ben Sulayem rips up controversial F1 rule as FIA bow down to George Russell
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has scrapped the FIA’s controversial guidelines on drivers swearing after uproar from F1 stars. Under the Emirati’s previous set of rules, drivers were liable for a £33,700 fine for their first swearing offence, £75,400 for a repeat offence, and £113,000 plus a one-month ban and a points deduction for a third offence.
F1 stars collectively wrote an open letter to the governing body in November asking that they be ‘treated like adults’. And they have finally got their wish. Ben Sulayem and co. have cast aside the old rules on swearing and set out considerably more lenient punishment terms.
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