‘Don’t welcome them again’ – Sergio Perez calls for abusive F1 fans to be banned ahead of French Grand Prix

Sergio Perez has called for abusive Formula 1 fans to be banned from the sport following reports of racist, sexist and homophobic abuse at the last event in Austria. Several drivers have strongly condemned the behaviour with Lewis Hamilton stating F1 needs to “take action” rather than “just using words”. Ad/> F1 are investigating the claims of abuse in Spielberg and have made security in spectator areas more visible at this weekend’s French Grand Prix.

Azerbaijani Grand PrixHorner dismisses criticism from Verstappen Senior over Red Bull strategy calls10/06/2022 AT 19:54 “We definitely should ban them [abusive fans] for life,” Perez told the press. “Don't welcome them again because they don't represent who we are as a sport and they don't share our values at all. “At the same time we have great fans out there and with great values and I think a few fans shouldn't be able to even embarrass our sport like that.” ‘I’m doing the most I can’ – Hamilton Hamilton has pushed F1 to become more inclusive and has launched his own scheme, Mission 44, which intends to give more opportunities to underrepresented groups in motorsport.

The seven-time world champion thinks “we can all do more” to eliminate abuse. “I'm doing the most I can,” added Hamilton. “I don't know what else I can do.

But I do think it's all of our responsibility to do something, not only us, the sport, those that are coming that write and report what is happening here, the sport wouldn't be what it is without you. “Your words are powerful and you have a responsibility also to the readers to make sure that we're progressing and moving in the right direction. “Formula 1 continuously needs to do more, all the teams need to do more.