Formula 1 drivers have defended their use of swearing and told Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the FIA president, that he must take more care with his own language and treat them like adults. The Grand Prix Drivers Association (GPDA), the trade union of Formula 1 drivers, responded to a number of recent controversial incidents in an open letter on Thursday. Max Verstappen, the reigning world champion, was given a community service-style fine for swearing in a press conference in Singapore, referring to his car being “f***ed” in Baku. “There is a difference between swearing intended to insult others and more casual swearing, such as you might use to describe bad weather, or indeed an inanimate object such as an F1 car, or a driving situation,” the
