Last night Gordon Ramsay had his microphone cut off after he disobeyed Formula 1 rules by swearing.
Formula One’s 75th birthday event was hosted last night at a special event at The O2 Arena in London.
Hosted by Jack Whitehall, the event was a smash hit with celebrities from across the globe pouring in to celebrate the sport.
Among the guests was Gordon Ramsay who attended the event with his wife Tana and daughter Holly.
Whitehall walked over to Ramsay in a staged bit as he asked the TV chef about the F1 swearing ban. To which Ramsay replied: ‘Come on Jack you’re going to get me into trouble.
‘I think it’s an industry language, these athletes push themselves to the extreme, so sometimes when it comes out, let them be real, let it go. Come on.’
‘They’re risking their life every time, travelling over 200mph per hour. So, if the s**t hits the fan.’
His microphone was promptly cut off before he could swear, and Jack responded sarcastically: ‘Gordon, please. You’re not getting invited back next year.’
The incident was clearly a set-up joke, but fans still loved the interaction.
‘LOUDER !!! Gordon Ramsay said out loud what everyone thinks 😎,’ said BlackBoxF1.
‘Gordon Ramsay speaking the truth #Formula1 #F175,’ said Landin_Jeffrey5.
‘Gordon Ramsay is the highlight of the F1-75 event for sure! Saying the obvious out loud. He would get a penalty after the show,’ said OrmosBen.
In 2024, Max Verstappen received a fine for swearing at the Singapore Grand Prix.
The driver hit back at the ruling at the time. ‘We have to differentiate between our sport – motorsport – and rap music,’ he told Autosport.
‘We’re not rappers, you know. They say the F-word how many times per minute? We are not on that. That’s them and we are [us].’
The FIA’s newly introduced strict rules about swearing have received a lot of backlash as they attempt to crack down on cockpit language.
Under new guidelines a first offence will result in a €40,000 fine (£33,750), a second offence €80,000 (£66,234) plus a suspended one-month ban.
A third offence results in a €120,000 (£99,357) fine, a one-month ban and to top it all off, the deduction of championship points.
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