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F1 drivers consider response to FIA chief after Max Verstappen swearing row

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Formula One drivers are set to hold crunch talks to determine whether they take on FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem after Max Verstappen was hit with a community service order for swearing.Verstappen said the FIA's move to sanction him for describing his Red Bull as "f*****" in a televised press conference to preview the Singapore Grand Prix could hasten his departure from the sport.Verstappen, 26, effectively boycotted the governing body's mandatory post-qualifying media call on Saturday in response to his punishment and then kept his answers to a minimum after he finished second in the race.Lewis Hamilton has urged Verstappen to ignore the penalty - the details of which are yet to be finalised by the FIA - while Lando Norris, who trails Verstappen in the standings by 52 points following his win in Singapore, said it was "unfair" and he "didn't agree with any of it".Alex Wurz, who competed for Benetton and Williams and now chairs the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, said: "As GPDA chairman, I have to officially say that we will of course discuss it internally, first reach a full consensus and then we will consider whether, and in what form, we will talk to the FIA and the president."In an interview with Formel1.de, the 50-year-old Austrian continued: "How many lifetime community services would (former Haas team principal) Guenther Steiner have to serve for using the F-word?.

He was glorified for using the F-word."Netflix broadcast this worldwide, no problem. But then to suddenly change like that?"Drivers have to be allowed to express themselves authentically to some extent.

Of course, it shouldn't be personally offensive and it shouldn't be discriminatory either. For me, the penalty is too severe."Verstappen's

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Formula One drivers are set to hold crunch talks to determine whether they take on FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem after Max Verstappen was hit with a community service order for swearing.
World champion Max Verstappen on Sunday described his punishment for swearing as "silly" and threatened the row could hasten his exit from Formula One. The Dutchman finished second to Lando Norris at the Singapore Grand Prix but the saga over him being slapped with a community service order continued to dominate fallout in the paddock. "These kinds of things definitely decide my future as well, when you can't be yourself or you have to deal with these kinds of silly things," the 26-year-old said.

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