World Rally Drivers Alliance in WRC – Automobile Magazine

On Wednesday, rally drivers protested by refusing to interview the TV broadcast after the “trial” test drives before the latest championship event in Kenya, or by speaking only the languages ​​other than English, and stated that they would continue this approach in the four -day competition. The ranking leader Elfyn Evans spoke Galce and Thierry Neuville, who defended the championship title, only commented on French.

“It is nice to be in Kenya. Unfortunately, you can’t get much news from me this weekend,” he said twice champion Kalle Rovanperä. “If that’s the case, we’ll do what we need to do to make a difference.”

Last month, the Swedish Rally on television in the internal interview in the interview because of the use of blasphemy driver Adrien Fourmaux’un 10 thousand euros (10 thousand 900 dollars) was sentenced to a fine of protests.

World rally drivers representing most of the highest -level teams in WRC, said in a statement, in order to avoid the risk of punishment, they remained silent by taking a responsible decision… or they responded in our mother tongue ”.

“We all agree to minimize the rudeness at the microphone. At the same time, it is necessary to protect the freedom of expression and keep emotions alive without the need to be afraid of being punished in any way,” Rally, Rally, Drivers Association.

“We asked the President of the FIA ​​to make some positive changes in the rules to help us achieve this goal.”

FIA did not immediately respond to Associated Press’s request for comments.

The Union of Drivers said that the penalties filed by FIA were “exorbitant” and “very disproportionate ından according to their earnings.