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The motorsport Formula 1 has been plunged into a dispute over profanity and race, with its biggest star flirting with quitting if he is not allowed to swear.
Max Verstappen, the three-time Formula 1 world champion, is in a tense stand-off with its governing body after he dropped an f-bomb when he was asked about the performance of his car after coming in fifth.
Now the profanity has set off a multi-car crash inside the high-octane—and high-value—sport, with one of its top executives facing accusations of racism for comparing Verstappen’s swearing to “rappers.”
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