Rally: A steep statement from Kalle Rovanperä

Rally There is a lot of buzz in the scenes of the World Series.

The series drivers and map readers published Sebastien Ogier and Kalle Rovanperä Leader on Monday, the chairman of the FIA, the FIA, Mohammed bin Irrulum counteract.

The FIA ​​added to its 2025 competition rules that drivers can be fined for bad behavior, such as swearing.

The statement is the Worda Association of the Rally Championship Series and the Map Readers’ Association. At the beginning of the release, the association states that it is in the footsteps of the F1 Driver’s GDPA.

“Over the past few months, the strength of punishment for small, individual and intentional language errors has risen in an alarming way. It has risen to a level that cannot be accepted, ”the association’s release states.

The association recalls that some drivers do not speak English as their mother tongue. For this reason, they may use terms in their sentences, the definitions of which they may not fully understand.

At the end of the bulletin, the association will request a direct negotiating connection between Chairman Bin Sulayem and Wada so that the parties will find a solution to the situation.

All Drivers of the FIA ​​series will be subject to new rules this year.

Drivers will be fined EUR 10,000 for the first offense and the second fines of EUR 20,000. The second time, the driver will also have a month’s probationary period.

For the third breach, the driver will be fined EUR 30,000 with a non-compete and World Championship point.

In addition to swearing, arbitrary sanctions can also be obtained, for example, from “words or acts that cause a moral insult to” the umbrella organization.

The first fines of the Rally Championships in the World Series was the Hyundai Driver Adrien Fourmaux. He colored his sentence with one curse as he said in a TV interview that he had been heavily in the previous day’s special stage.

Worded reminded in its announcement that few rally driver or map readers compete in the rally, with tens of thousands of fines unsustainably high.

“This also raises the fundamental question: where do the money paid for the fines go? Lack of transparency only strengthens our concerns and weakens credit to the system. ”

The anger of fans Bin Sulayem, who had been subject to fresh rule changes, has talked about swearing in the F1 series last year.

In September, Bin Sulayem used a questionable stereotype when he said that drivers sounded like “rappers” while cursing in radio messages.

Repeatedly campaigned against racism Lewis Hamilton said he understood the FIA ​​boss’s concern, but pointed out that he was racist references to rap music in his speeches.

Also in September Red Bull Max Verstappen and ferrari Charles Leclerc were sentenced to curse at the F1 series press conference.

Leclerc was fined, Verstappen’s “community service”. The sanctions were just about bin Sulayem.

The driver’s association GPDA responded by an open letter in which it asked Bin Sulayemi to “consider their own tone and use” and treat drivers like adults.