The International Automobile Federation (FIA) condemned the conduct of the young Russian pilot Artem Severiukhinand ordered an immediate investigation into what happened on the podium of the 2022 European Junior Karting Championship, held in Portugal.
Severiukhin He achieved victory in said race held at the Portimao circuit and at the award ceremony, when he was standing at the top of the podium, he gave a Nazi salute that surprised everyone.
🤮The Russian racer Artem Severiukhin demonstrates Nazi salute on the podium during the European Junior Karting Championship award ceremony in Portugal. The event is held under the aegis of the International Automobile Federation. pic.twitter.com/jgpIJuLkxv
— Toronto Television / Телебачення Торонто (@tvtoront) April 11, 2022
The pilot competes under the colors of the Italian flag due to the sanctions that FIA imposed on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.
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His actions could derive from a heavy sanction since the regulation of FIA It establishes that it is forbidden to carry out political or social exaltations that are not previously approved, especially if it is a gesture that is identified with the National Socialist regime that governed Germany until 1945.
FIA statement pic.twitter.com/rLIvW21PaK
— FIA (@fia) April 11, 2022