Alex Albon says F1 drivers are “all concerned” about FIA’s free speech clampdown
In an update to the governing body’s international sporting code, F1 drivꦫers 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5最新开奖结果:new livery and Gulf Oil partnership for 2023, Albon admitted there is concern among his fellow drivers about the FIA’s ▨latest move.
"We are all concerned,” Albon said. “I know that between F1 and the FIA they 🌠are trying to get everything together in the same form of communication. At the minute there is a little bit of confusion.
"W𒅌e need clarity from the FIA on what they 💟are trying to tell us.
"It is hard to see as drivers what they are tr൩ying to say. We need to b💮e able to speak freely to a certain extent.”
Alfa Romeo's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valtteri Bottas has already 168澳洲5ꦕ最新开奖结果:publicly criticised the FIA’s clampdown, which has been accused of del♔iberately targeting🎉 Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.
The seven-time world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:caused controversy at 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5最新开奖结果:Sebastian Vettel have been two of F1’s most outspoken drivers in recent years, with both usi🅷ng their platform to highlight concerns surrounding discrimination, human rights, and the envi♔ronment.
With Vettel having retired from the sport, Hamilton has been urged to continue to speak up against injustice and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:not be “muzzled” by the FIA.
Albon said it feels as though the FIA are “trying to go away” frꦏom initiati🃏ves such as F1’s We Race As One campaign.
"Po💯litics and stances - it is a very sensitive area,” he added. “We 🔥were very much 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 engagement we have 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 responsibilitꦏy for driꦚvers to make people aware of these situations.”
Albon’s new teammate,168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Logan Sargeant, said: “The tജeam is still waiting for a bit of clarity from the FIA as to what that exactly means.
“But the goal is to defin🌞itely co🅰me to a sensible outcome for everyone.”
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