Lionel Froissart, a French-language commentator who works for Belgian channel RTBF Sport, referred to Aston Martin driver Stroll as “the autistic” duri⛦ng their live coverage 💧of last Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring. 

Co-commentator Gaetan Vigneron quickly criticised Froissart on air, saying: “That’s too strong. You are going too far,🐭” to which Froissart replied: “Honestly, this is the tr🎶uth.” 

After the exchange was shared across social media, RTBF released a condemning the words us𓂃ed while confirming that Froissart had been suspended. 

"RTBF strongly condemns the words used𒐪 on Sunday, July 10, on air by its consultant Lionel Froissart during the Austrian Grand Prix,” 𝔉the statement read. 

"Associating autism with a driver’s way of communicating was misplaced and completely inconsistent with RTBF values. An internal investigation wi𝓡ll be conducted, to hear all the involved persons.

"The goal is to understan🥂d in detail what could have led to this incident. Pending thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe results of this investigation, RTBF will no longer work with the consultant in question until further notice.”

Stroll finished the Spielberg race 13th. The Canadian sits 19th in 🍸the world championship after scoring just three points in the firౠst 11 races of the season.