The FIA said on Monday that “it has launched an immediate investigation into the unacceptable conduct of Mr Artem Severiukhin that occurred during the podium ceremony”. Severiukhin’s Ward Racing team said they had fired him. “Ward Racing is deeply in shame of the pilot’s action,” the Swedish team wrote on Instagram, adding that it had made clear its opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by putting ‘No War’ stickers on driver helmets and has three Ukrainian refugee families travelling with the team. “On the basis of these considerations Ward Racing sees no possibility of continued cooperation with Artem Severiukhin and will proceed with terminating his racing contract.” In a video posted on Instagram, the teenager apologised but denied that it had been a Nazi gesture. “Many perceived it to be a Nazi salute, it’s not true, I have never supported Nazism and consider it one of the worst crimes against humanity,” he said. “I know I’m a fool and I’m ready to be punished, but please believe that there was no intention in my actions.”
Motorsport.com quoted the Russian Automobile Federation as saying they were also looking into the matter. “We also report that we consider unacceptable any, even an accidental, manifestation of fascism and Nazism in Russian motorsport and among Russian athletes,” said the Russian body.
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