“I don’t know if I’m going to get another fine for saying this, but s*** happens.”
The moment those words came out of Carlos Sainz’s mouth in the news conference ahead of this past Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix, everyone in the room knew Formula One’s long-running, tedious swearing debate was about to be reignited.
The stifled chuckles around the room. The eye-roll from the FIA media delegate. Their quiet comment to the Williams press officer.
Ah, yes, this is still a thing in F1. But why was Sainz using a curse word such a big deal, and why did it put him at risk of a fine? The Athletic explains below.
Is the FIA finally learning that sanitizing language is a losing battle for any sport?
