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.

Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton said that there was a "racial element" in the remarks made by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem when speaking in favour of reducing the amount of foul language during television broadcasts.

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.