McLaren CEO Zak Brown has asserted it is up to the F1 television production to filter out remarks containing swear words rather than the drivers to tone down their language.
Last year, Max Verstappen was handed a community service obligation for swearing during an official FIA press conference.
The penalty came shortly after FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem outlined he wanted to see drivers eliminate swearing from their vocabulary altogether.
"A public letter from the Grand Prix Drivers' Association to Ben Sulayem last year outlined the difference between swearing to insult others and as part of a casual conversation.
Speaking on the James Allen on F1 podcast, Brown highlighted he does not see the need for swearing in a press conference.
“The swearing I agree with in certain circumstances, meaning in a press conference where everything is quite chilled out, there's no emotion involved, there's no reason to swear,” he said.
“You don't see Michael Jordan in the NBA - I know I'm dating myself because he's not played for a while - but you don’t see athletes or managers in press conferences just dropping F-bombs.
“I think that's inappropriate and we should set a good example.”
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