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Sky Sports suspend two F1 presenters due to on-air sexist remarks
Article To news overview © XPBimages Sky Sports Italia has suspended two presenters of its Formula 1 coverage after they made sexist remarks on-air during the Spanish Grand Prix. The exchange took place during a post-race analysis between 2003 FIA GT champion Matteo Bobbi and 2012 GP2 champion Davide Valsecchi. Bobbi referred to a woman in the back of their broadcast as an “upgrade package" which prompted Valsecchi to reply: “I know, but they told me I can’t test them. So I raise my hands.” Sky Sports journalist Federica Masolin was left visibly unimpressed by the exchange and attempted to intervene: “Can we watch some interviews instead of these two? Let’s hear from...
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