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Two F1 figures slam political speech ban

Jan.30 Two leading Formula 1 figures have hit out at the FIA's ban on political speech. Amid a recent spate of political slogans worn on t-shirts and helmets, and outspoken drivers on social and cultural issues including Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, the new FIA president instigated a clampdown. An FIA spokesman defended the update to the wording in the international sporting code which now bans 'the general making and display of political, religious and personal statements or comments'. The spokesman said that is 'in alignment with the political neutrality of sport'. Some Formula 1 drivers, however, have begun to speak out against the ban – including the normally...
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