F1 commentator suspended after shocking Stroll insult

An F1 commentator has been suspended pending an investigation after Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll was targeted by an insult during the Austrian Grand Prix.

Lionel Froissart, a French-language broadcaster for Belgium’s RTBF Sport, described Canadian driver Stroll as “the autistic”.

Froissart’s comment was quickly countered by colleague Gaetan Vigneron who said: “That’s too strong. You are going too far.”

But Froissart re-iterated his slur by claiming: “Honestly, this is the truth.”

The feed from the Belgian broadcaster is picked up as the official French-language commentary for F1TV, with the incident causing a storm on social media.

Source: https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/87129/f1-commentator-suspended-shocking-insult-lance-stroll/