FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has spoken against the recent wave of social media abuse, pledging to do as much as he possibly can to help against the online trolls after a steward received death threats earlier this week. Silvia Bellot was part of the stewarding team that awarded Fernando Alonso his 30-second post-race penalty
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Pierre Gasly will perhaps be taking a cautious approach to this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix – the venue where he claimed his first-ever Formula 1 podium back in 2019 – with the Frenchman just two penalty points away from a race ban. Since the penalty points system was introduced in 2014, no driver has ever
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Toxic abuse has unfortunately run rife within Formula 1 this season, with Lewis Hamilton admitting that he no longer looks at comments on his posts or checks the social media at all, because he knows that he will be met by a flood of toxic messages. Death threats and abusive messages have recently been sent
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Ahead of this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, which is the penultimate round of the 2022 Formula 1 season, double World Champion Max Verstappen has opened up on the impact he’s expecting the team’s budget cap penalty to have next season. On-track, Red Bull have enjoyed a dominant campaign, with the Austrians having won 16 of
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In a stand against social media toxicity and online abuse, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has revealed that action will be taken to target vile trolls, who have been targeting a number of F1 and FIA personnel with “hate posts”. 2022 has been a disgusting year for Formula 1 in regard to social media, with the online
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Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen appear to have momentarily halted their ferocious rivalry, which developed in 2021, as a result of the duo wanting change to happen on “toxic” social media platforms. It is only in the last couple of years that online abuse amongst the F1 community has stemmed into a massively concerning problem, with hundreds
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The United States Grand Prix in Austin was filled with talking points, one of which was a controversial decision made by the stewards with regards to Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard was involved in a crash with Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll, which saw his car pick up heavy damage, however somehow he managed to pull
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It appears that there are drastically differing opinions among the teams in Formula 1, with a new approach in regard to awarding a black and orange flag having been taken by the FIA following requests by some sides. The whole situation arose following the conclusion of the United States Grand Prix a couple of weeks
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Lewis Hamilton has thrown his support behind more sprint races taking place during the season but has admitted that the sport needs to be “very selective” about where to host them. The Sprint race format was introduced as a trial last season at three events, which saw FP1 take place Friday morning, followed by Qualifying
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After two years full of vile online abuse directed at both drivers, teams and FIA personnel, as well as incidents amongst fans at races, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is set to announce a programme to tackle such behaviour. 2022 hasn’t been a year for Formula 1 to be proud of, with the online landscape having become one of toxicity, to
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