The FIA swearing row - which also impacts F1 drivers - has been escalated following a protest by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Rally Championship drivers.

Drivers from the championship have refused to answer questions in stage-end interview🍒s at the third round of the 2025 season in Kenya.

During Wednesday’s shakedown event at Safari Rally Kenya, drivers refused to comment, 🎃or only spoke in their native language, when fielding questions.

“We all agree to keep rudeness at the microphone to a minimum,” the World Rally drivers said in a joint stꦑatement.

“At the same time💖, it is necessary to maintain a certain freedom of expression and to keep emotions alive while drivers don’t need to be af🍸raid of getting punished in any way.

“We have asked the president o🌊f the FIA for some positive changes in the rules to help u📖s achieve this goal.

“For the reasons explained in our statement, it is impossible for us to guarantee that we (drivers and co-drivers) will be able to followღ these rules perfectly and systematically.

“This is why we – WoRDA Members – are now taking the responsible decision to remain silent at the end of the interviews or to answer in our mother tongue. In the owཧn interest of our sport, such an action is unfortunately needed, and we apologize to all the rally fans, even though we know they support us in this.”

The opposition comes after Adrien Fourmax became the168澳洲5最新开奖结果: first driver to fall foul of the FIA’s wi🥀dely criticised 🧸swearing ban last month.

Hyundai driver Fourmax was fined €30,000, of w💞hich €20,♐000 was suspended, for using the F-word in an interview with WRC TV.

F1 drivers face fines of €40,000 for a first offence of expletive language, but co෴uld be hit with race bans if they repeatedly swear or criticise the FIA, as part of the frꦜesh clampdown.

Last year, Red Bull’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen was ordered to “accomplish some work of public interest” after swearing in an FI𝔍A press conference at the Singapore🌟 Grand Prix in September.