Alex Albon says F1 drivers are “all concerned” about FIA’s free speech clampdown
In an update to the governing body’s internation✅al sporting ♑code, F1 drivers will be banned from making or displaying “political, religious and personal statements” without prior approval.
Speaking at Williams’ season launch to reveal their 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:n🌳ew livery and Gulf🅺 Oil partnership for 2023, Albon admi🌠tted there is co🦹ncern among his fellow drivers about the FIA’s latest move.
"We are all co🦹ncerned,” Albon said. “I know that between F1 and the FIA they are trying to get eﷺverything together in the same form of communication. At the minute there is a little bit of confusion.
"We nꦦeed clarity from the FIA on what they are trying to tell us.
"It is ha🤪rd to see as drivers what they are trying to say. We need to be able to speak freely to a certain extent.”
Alfa Romeo's 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas has already 168澳洲幸运5官方开ꦺ奖结果历史:publicly crit𓃲icised the FIA’s clampdown, which has been accused 𓃲of deliberately targeting✤ Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.
The seven-time world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:caused controversy a꧋t the 2020 Tuscan Grand🐽 Prix when he wore a T-shirt on the podium which read “arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor”.
Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel have been two of F1’s most outspoken drivers&n𓆏bsp;in recent years, with both using their platform to highlight concernsꩲ surrounding discrimination, human rights, and the environment.
With Vettel having retired from the sport, Hamilton has been urged to continue to speak up against injustice and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:not be “muzzled” by the FIA.
Albon said it feels as though the FIA are “trying to go away” from initiatives suc❀h as F1’s We Race As One campaign.
"Politics and stances - it is a very sensitive area,” he added. “We w𒆙ere very ꦏmuch for We Race As One. We need clarity and I am sure we are going to get clarity.
"With who we are, and the media, and the en🐭gagement we ha𒉰ve to our fans and the people who watch, a lot of people look to us as spokespeople for issues around the world and I do feel it is a responsibility for drivers to make people aware of these situations.”
Albon’s new teammate,168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Logan Sargeant, said: “The team is still waiting for a bไit of clarity from the FIA as to what that exactly means.
“But the goal is to definitely come to a sensible outcome for eve🌱ryone.”
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