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FIA Swearing Ban
FILE - Belgium's Thierry Neuville and his co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe in a Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid compete during a special stage of WRC Acropolis Rally in Thiva, some 90 kilometers (56 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
As Formula 1 drivers grumble about their governing body's crackdown on swearing, their counterparts in rallying staged a protest Wednesday.
The FIA, which oversees F1 and the World Rally Championship, has sought to cut down on swearing in its sports since last year, when it punished F1 champion Max Verstappen for using an expletive in a news conference.