News Details

Woman says Valsecchi, Bobbi are not sexist

Jun.9 The woman at the centre of a Formula 1 sexism scandal has played down the incident that occurred in the Spanish GP paddock last weekend. Former drivers Davide Valsecchi and Matteo Bobbi have reportedly been suspended for at least the upcoming race in Montreal after making sexist remarks about an attractive woman who was in the background during the live Sky Italia broadcast. 'I want to tell Davide that behind him there is a nice package of updates, if he turns around,' 44-year-old Bobbi, who was a Minardi test driver, said. Turning around, 2012 GP2 champion Valsecchi replied: 'Unfortunately they told me that you can't test them.' The pair subsequently apologised for offending 'women...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Sky F1 Italy commentators suspended after sexist...

Sky Italy has reportedly suspended two of its commentators after sexist...
1y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Sky F1 pundits forced to apologise after disgracing...

Two Italian Sky Sports pundits who caused outrage for their use of...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Sky F1 duo SUSPENDED after making sexist jokes on air

Sky Italia have reportedly suspended commentators Matteo Bobbi and Davide...
1y ago from GPFans.com

Sky F1 presenters suspended for sexism

Jun.7 Two Formula 1 presenters have been suspended for alleged sexist...
1y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Toprak Razgatlioglu's manager: ‘2026 MotoGP is...

Toprak Razgatlioglu's manager Kenan Sofuoglu has revealed the Turkish...

Honda set to announce Castrol MotoGP partnership from...

The Honda MotoGP factory works team has reportedly agreed on a new...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Why Man City should truly fear 'world-class' Liverpool...

Man City should fear a 'world-class' Liverpool side more than a...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

PL Predictions: Can Liverpool take golden chance at...

Our football betting expert Jones Knows provides his insight across the...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Mikel Arteta smiling ahead of Liverpool clash after...

Mikel Arteta and Arsenal have received a major boost ahead of their clash...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.