Norris recommends solution to ban on swearing: 'Watch something else'
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Following many drivers voicing their opinion about the ban on swearing in F1, Lando Norris also believes that is not way to continue in the competition. According to the British driver, swearing has a point in racing, and has a clear suggestion for the viewers who do not like watching the competitors swears.
"They can just not play the radios. So it's quite simple from their side. We're the guys in the heat of the moment, under stress, under pressure, fighting, having big crashes," Norris began sharing his thoughts in Singapore.
He added: "It's just a lot easier for them to say than for us to do because we're out there putting our hearts on the line trying to race people. We are giving it our all, our heart rates are so high. We are just putting our passion and our love into it."
In F1's broadcast, and in general in motorsports, having team radios is an essential tool in making a broadcast. The Briton pointed out that is not the case in other sports.. "There’s going to be some bad words on the end of it. That’s just because we are trying and wanting to give our best and we feel hard done by when things don’t go right. If it’s because of excitement it’s because we are happy with what goes into it. I'm sure you have it in every other sport it's just not always recorded."
Swearing has emphasis according to Norris
"They [FOM] have the option to delete it or not play it so I think it's more for them to do rather than for us to stop because we're the ones in the position of being under pressure and being stressed and trying to get our points across to our team and that kind of thing. But this language is also used as emphasis on certain points. It's not because you want to be directly against someone and be aggressive towards someone."
The McLaren driver would rather recommend a different competition to follow instead if someone does not like the way they are communicating. "I don't think it should be banned, because I think you're listening to the rawness of drivers and their thoughts and their feelings and things like that and when I listen to it I find it cool and I find it exciting when you listen to these kind of things and it's not just nice gentle soft language that people are using. So I'm sure there's plenty of other sports and things you can go watch if that's what you want to hear."
This article was written in collaboration with Corwin Kunst
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