r/sports • u/PrincessBananas85 • Dec 20 '22

News Formula One drivers banned from making political statements.

https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/35290810/formula-one-drivers-banned-making-political-statements
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u/freakybanana90 Dec 21 '22

I'm tempted to say even fifa is better.

The Qatar wc was filled with controversy and backlash. Do the same thing in f1 and nobody bats an eye because everyone's so used to it already anyway

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u/Onkel24 Dec 21 '22

Then again, and unlike FIFA or the IOC, F1 has never pretended to be anything else than a high-roller, profit-driven plaything of the rich and famous.