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GPDA to discuss Verstappen's F-word penalty with FIA

Sep.24 The Formula 1 drivers' union, the GPDA, appears to be fully supportive of Max Verstappen in the wake of the ‘F-word' saga in Singapore. Just as FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said he was clamping down on foul language, Verstappen immediately tested the waters by describing his Red Bull car as 'f**ked' in the FIA press conference on Thursday. He was sentenced to a day of unspecified community service. 'How many lifelong community service sentences should Gunther Steiner have received for saying the F-word, then,' Grand Prix Drivers' Association president Alex Wurz quipped to formel1.de. 'He was idolised for it and Netflix broadcast it worldwide without any problem.' Triple...
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