A few weeks ago he surprised the ordeal of lewis hamilton after the FIA announced that a new article has been drafted in the International Sporting Code to prevent pilots from making comments “political, religious or personal”.
The “general making and display of political, religious and personal statements or comments that notably violate the general principle of neutrality promoted by the FIA under its Statutes, unless previously approved in writing by the FIA for International Competitions, or by the relevant national association for National Competitions within its jurisdiction.”
The seven-time world champion Formula 1 assured that if you cannot express yourself freely on issues of racism or homophobia, will leave the competition.
None of the parties have been interested in bringing the subject up again until now the boss of Mercedes, Toto Wolff, has wanted to downplay the matter.
“We have to see how this evolves. We understand that the sport it is not for doing politicsbut, on the contrary, to unite”, he pointed out in statements collected by ‘Motorsport’.
In fact, he believes that the president of the FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayemwill be kind to the subject: “I have no doubt that Mohammed and the FIA have good intentions, to get things right. It’s just a matter of aligning that with the drivers who have been more direct in the past.”
“I know that every time Mohammed has spoken to Lewis, or the other way around, it has ended in a positive conversation. So I have no doubt that once people sit down to talk about it, things will not seem as hard as when it appears written“, Wolff has settled.
