Helmut Marko had his doubts about the proposed Saudi Arabian takeover of F1.
Formula 1 bosses weren’t impressed with the 58-year-old’s comment, responding to that with a strongly worded letter while one unnamed senior figure told Sky Sports the FIA president’s comments were a “major overstep, short sighted and an unnecessary intervention.”
“And generally it’s a commercial thing, and that’s more likely to happen with someone who meets normal corporate standards, if you want to put it that way.”Racing in Saudi Arabia for the first time in 2021, several drivers spoke out against the human right issues with Lewis Hamilton saying he is “duty bound to help raise awareness for certain issues that see with human rights in these countries we are going to.
This year, though, the Formula 1 drivers will face a monetary fine or even a race ban if they make political statements. After the initial jokes about “nipple piercings” between Hamilton and Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly telling the race directors, headlines became all about the jewellery ban versus Hamilton.
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