{"id":38747,"date":"2025-04-21T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/38747\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:25:08","slug":"fake-swearing-f1-censored-verstappen-calling-his-penalty-really-lovely-%c2%b7-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/38747\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake swearing? F1 censored Verstappen calling his penalty “really lovely” \u00b7 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Verstappen<\/a> has a reputation for making off-colour remarks but Formula One Management appeared to censor one of his radio comments in error yesterday.<\/p>\n

The Red Bull driver\u2019s reaction to his five-second time penalty was censored in the live world television broadcast of yesterday\u2019s race. However the original message appears to contain no profanity.<\/p>\n

The FIA introduced regulations earlier this year which define swearing as a form of misconduct. However no driver has been penalised for swearing on their radio and Carlos Sainz Jnr<\/a> avoided a penalty for using a swear word in a press conference earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FOM replayed part of Verstappen\u2019s exchange with his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase on their television broadcast with one word censored (below). Footage from Verstappen\u2019s onboard channel indicates he sarcastically called his penalty \u201creally lovely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Verstappen often uses a similar expression, \u201csimply lovely\u201d, on his radio. He applied to trademark the phrase last year to use it in a line of fashion products<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However Verstappen has tended to use profanity more frequently on his radio than his rivals do, notably in last year\u2019s Hungarian Grand Prix<\/a>. FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem subsequently complained about drivers swearing on their radios, following which Verstappen said FOM should not broadcast it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

F1 has been criticised for allegedly misrepresenting drivers\u2019 radio messages already this year. It denied intentionally omitting a key comment<\/a> by Lewis Hamilton<\/a> during the Chinese Grand Prix, which gave the impression he disobeyed an instruction from his team.<\/p>\n

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Verstappen\u2019s radio on TV broadcast<\/p>\n\nLambiase<\/td>\nInformation, you have been given a five-second time penalty for the incident at turn one. Head down. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nVerstappen<\/td>\nOh, that is\u2026 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLambiase<\/td>\nYeah, Max\u2026 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nVerstappen<\/td>\n\u2026[censored] lovely! <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLambiase<\/td>\nYep. Yep. No comment. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Verstappen\u2019s radio from onboard channel<\/p>\n\nLambiase<\/td>\nGap behind 1.1. Information, you have been given a five-second time penalty for the incident at turn one. Head down.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nVerstappen<\/td>\nOh, that is\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLambiase<\/td>\nYeah, Max\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nVerstappen<\/td>\n\u2026really lovely!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLambiase<\/td>\nYep. Yep. No comment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nVerstappen<\/td>\nOh don\u2019t worry, I don\u2019t care<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLambiase<\/td>\nMode nine.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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