FIA to launch new campaign: "If this continues it will destroy our sport"

How about as a fan you keep opinions on drivers and teams to yourself and just support racing. I'm a merc fan but was delighted to see max win the title this year. It's change which makes the sport better and more appealing to fans which inturn brings more money into the sport

Lol,FIA. You guys made it popular to broadcast drivers shouting profanities at their teams,Team Principals shouting at the Race Director and showing replays of Team Principals throwing tantrums like 4 year olds,smashing their desks etc..... The current state of success of F1 has got less to do with the best drivers in the best cars on the best tracks.....no,the drivers have to be part of this soap opera where the media baits them into criticizing the opposition rather than respecting them. FIA has created this soap opera of drama and grown adults acting like siblings fighting. That attracts the type of audience you would expect that likes the artificial drama being created. It is the same type of fans I think is attracted to the Kardinians and Desperate something or another.... They wouldn't know the difference between a V6,V12 or vibrator. That's why the only love for the sport for them is only about the driver,maybe the team. They all spend days shouting insults at each other and disrespecting drivers that have achieved more than they can probably ever hope for. But beyond that,they do not understand the cars,don't understand the engineering side of it,the efficiency side of it,how teams have to operate as a unit and the fact that it doesn't matter how good the driver is,he needs the team to deliver him a competitive car,strategy,slick pit stops and much more that happens behind the scenes. That's why the insults all are mainly about the drivers and team Principals.... So,FIA,you created this world,took the sport away from the purist to the masses and this is what you get,you reap what you sow etc. Keep growing your fanbase into the mindless hord that can't have enough of the Max vs Ham insults,that don't realize how privileged they are to see these two drivers at the top of their game entertaining us,in cars that probably looks the best they have in many a year..

FIA 2019 - enough with lewis for the 6th time world champion. He's done! FIA 2021 - now let get our new golden boy thru past 6th time! Lol

This all started with Hamilton and Mercedes’, formula one was relatively clean for years but once they came along down it went ! Down the drain like filth

A lot of this is being caused by the FIA themselves with all the bad calls they make. It's time they got their act together.

I have only one thing to say to Ben. Clean up your own house. The constant leaks, favourable treatment of a certain team for years on end, the secret agreement with Ferarri, and on and on. His claim no one will want to work for them is nothing more than a complaint they want these people to continue in the positions they're in and continue to be a farce. No one wants to work for them because the organization is filled with systemic rot.

Online abuse is an issue in every sport if you ask me. I play tennis as an amateur now. But when i was younger i played at itf level. You wouldn't believe the amount of hate you can receive from people betting on this sport, whether you win or you lose when you weren't "supposed" to. In F1, betting is probably less of an issue compared to football or tennis, but nevertheless, the hate is a constant thing. People get passionate about it, but when they get on the wrong side of it, they use it as fuel to spread all the negativity from their lives onto social media platforms. In this particular case, the initial 10 sec penalty on alonso was wrong. I felt bad about it myself, maybe annoyed, a bit angered, but it never crossed my mind to say any sort of bad word to that person because it is the wrong thing to do. Hate is never good. If you want to protest, there are other ways. Don't swear, threaten, stuff like that is simply wrong. Show class, maturity, education. We, as a community, fan base of this sport, are unfortunately far away from this goal.

You wanted to be a mainstream sport, this is what you get for being a mainstream sport, you get the love and the hater worldwide, now stop this nonsense of Sky F1 start banning media members that can't look past nationalities.

"If this continues it will destroy our sport" I would have thought that the FIA in partnership with Liberty Media already have that well in hand.

The fish goes bad from the head. Give someone a finger, take your whole hand. Ben thought that if he fired Massie, it would cheer Hamilton and his fans, which he could not be further from. They took advantage of this in their hate campaign aimed at Max and RB. With massive support from Sky, creates a false narrative and polarizes society. They undermine the credibility of the FIA and Max's championship. The FIA has made this happen by turning a blind eye to the terrible behavior of Hamilton, Ted, etc. As long as F1 and the FIA do not take a hard stance, cut off the innuendo and lies spread by Hamilton, Mercedes, Sky, nothing will change. Do you want to change something? get a grip and stop tolerating these people.

Here is the easiest solution: Just like I used to tell people...Do NOT bring your home life and issues,politics, etc... to work!!! Keep your opinions and issues to yourself, because once the door is open then it's fair game. You can't have it both ways!

It all start at the British media and Mercedes.

Well, stop propping up average drivers like Max. This was never a problem before Max gifted a fake title in AD

Ok. Here are some proposals: 1. The teams themselves start behaving better. When you have Christian, Toto, Zak and co making accusations about each other and behaving like angry, petulant children, I doubt the fans will take much example. 2. Drivers behaviour. Do they respect one another or do they start making up cheating allegations, leave the podiums, and so on and so on? 3. The reporters like Sky Sports, Ziggo, Rai etc start asking themselves if they are impartial enough. 4. The FIA itself, is it impartial, or is it trying to manufacture results based what outcome will bring the most commercial revenue? Is it effective in its policing of the sport, or is it full of "human errors"? 5. And finally we come to websites like GPBlog who rile up flame wars in the comments for clicks and ad revenue. Somebody must tell Mr. Ben Sulayem that the fans are the last to blame in this story.

Red Bull must take a leaf. Example 1. "Hamilton has been widely chastised for his poor performance, with Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko claiming that Hamilton would have retired at the end of the 2021 season. Jos Verstappen, Verstappen’s father, expressed his delight to see the 37-year old struggle." 2. "Helmut Marko believes that Formula 1's former Race Director Michael Masi is a victim, and that Lewis Hamilton's behaviour after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix contributed to the Australian's dismissal from his role." There is a littany of examples where Red Bull have abused Lewis and it had led to Red Bull fans taking it online.