Lewis Hamilton agrees there is too much swearing but says there is 'a racial element' to FIA president's reference to 'foul-mouthed rappers' Max Verstappen said Formula One should not air team radio if the sport was concerned about bad language after the head of the governing FIA compared drivers to foul-mouthed rappers.

Lewis Hamilton may agree that the foul language expressed on Formula One team radios should be cleaned up. However, he does not like how FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem expressed his views on the matter.

Lewis Hamilton believes there is a “racial element” to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s claim that Formula One drivers should not act like rappers.