Jul.1 - A Russian politician has slammed Britain and Silverstone for banning a Formula 3 driver from attending and racing at this weekend's British GP.

Alexander Smolyar, 20, was refused a visa to enter the country but according to Tass news agency he was also banned by British motor racing authorities over the Ukraine crisis.

"British sports organisations have already revealed themselves in the Wimbledon situation," said Dmitry Svishchev, a sports administrator in Russia's federal lower house, known as the State Duma.

"Now we see the same story, but in motorsport. I think that the FIA needs to intervene in this situation because it is an unjustified discrimination based on nationality," he added.

Smolyar is currently sixth overall in the FIA's Formula 3 championship.


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5 F1 Fan comments on “Russian politician slams Britain over current F3 driver ban

  1. smokey

    Dmitry is obviously a blithering idiot and not very smart!
    Of course the ban was imposed due to the unjustifiable attack by Russia on Ukraine ~ Blind Freddie can see that!
    Russians will have to become familiar with their isolation which results from the invasion of Ukraine.

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  2. shroppyfly

    Great pic above , typical Stone. rain was forecast bang on queue as the lights went green, the deluge , but with a track 50/50 dry/wet why the eck with 6 mins to go would anyone pop slicks on, except to look good The dame was the 1st on slicks

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    • smokey

      But this is a typical English summer!
      Jensen said they were using slicks because of the difference in circumference between inters and slicks, and they were testing out new aerodynamic performance enhancements, so needed to evaluate the differences.

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