{"id":1789062,"date":"2022-12-28T08:13:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T13:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1789062"},"modified":"2022-12-28T16:49:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T21:49:32","slug":"mclaren-ceo-zak-brown-stands-behind-fias-crack-down-on-political-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mclaren-ceo-zak-brown-stands-behind-fias-crack-down-on-political-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren CEO Zak Brown Stands Behind FIA\u2019s Crack Down on Political Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmclaren-ceo-zak-brown-stands-behind-fias-crack-down-on-political-statements%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1789062&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>McLaren CEO Zak brown says that it was a smart decision, just weeks after the FIA announced plans for drivers to refrain from making unapproved political statements. <\/p>\n<p>In recent years, drivers have become more vocal on political issues. This has led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/fia-cracks-down-on-political-statements-from-formula-1-drivers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the FIA edict<\/a>. Race weekends sometimes featured drivers\u2019 speaking out about issues in the host country, something that was sure to be a headache for FIA brass.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a touchy subject as drivers \u2014 like anyone \u2014 should be able to speak their minds. Still, the sports\u2019 governing body needs to maintain its relationships, not just with drives, but also with promoters and host nations.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/oscar-piastri-will-race-for-mclaren-next-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McLaren<\/a> CEO Zak Brown \u2014 an American at the helm of an iconic British team \u2014 about the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tricky, right? Because some of the topics are really good, some are controversial, some are polarising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Lewis Hamilton were two of the most prominent drivers to speak out about issues. Both were fierce critics against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, especially in Hungary and the Middle East. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sir-lewis-hamilton-and-formula-1-pay-respect-to-queen-elizabeth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamilton<\/a> He wore a shirt that called attention to the death Breonna Taylor&#8217;s, while Vettel was well-known for calling out nations to address environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think in general we want to be a sport that is doing good. We just need to find a balance there and not have every start of a race being a new political agenda for someone. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s healthy as it can detract from what everyone has tuned in to, which is they want to watch a Grand Prix.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> McLaren CEO Zak Brown talked about drivers making political statements and how the FIA\u2019s attempts to clamp down on them are for the good of the sport\/. (Photo by Bryn Lennon\/Getty Image) Brown Seems to Be in Touch With<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McLaren CEO Zak brown says that it was a smart decision, just weeks after the FIA announced plans for drivers to refrain from making unapproved political statements. In recent years, drivers have become more vocal on political issues. This has led to the FIA edict. Race weekends sometimes featured drivers\u2019 speaking out about issues in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1789065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,6824,3850,7271,12255,12256,3753,3819,6990,10260,12254],"class_list":["post-1789062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-brown","tag-ceo","tag-crack","tag-fias","tag-mclaren","tag-political","tag-report","tag-stands","tag-statements","tag-zak"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1789065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1789062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1789062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}