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Verstappen swearing penalty ‘excessive', says Steiner

Sep.21 Gunther Steiner thinks the FIA penalising Max Verstappen for swearing during a press conference in Singapore is 'excessive'. As news swirled about FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's swearing clampdown, Verstappen immediately tested the waters in the FIA press conference on Thursday by describing his Baku-spec Red Bull as 'f**ked'. Later in the same press conference, he strongly hit out at the swearing ban, declaring: 'Excuse me for the language but come on, what are we? Five-year-olds? Six-year-olds? 'I mean even if a five-year-old or six-year-old is watching, they will eventually swear anyway even if their parents won't allow it. When they grow up they will walk around with...
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