‘Is the FIA thinking about sustainability?’ Lewis Hamilton has questioned the FIA’s decision to host their end of season prize-giving event in Baku, rather than Paris. (www.crash.net)

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[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 29 points 11 months ago

How is going to Paris is better for environmental impact than Baku? But to be fair, we don't know what type of private jet he uses.

Because most teams, the drivers, the engineers, the support staff, and dare I say the press that cover this are closer geographically to Paris than Baku.

That's a pretty simple observation.

[-] florge@feddit.uk 17 points 11 months ago

Also aren't the FIA offices in Paris?

[-] Wimopy@feddit.uk 16 points 11 months ago

That's what Lewis mentioned specifically as well (emphasis mine):

I don’t feel a particular way. Whilst I really like Baku, it’s really a beautiful place, questions in my mind of whether the FIA is really actually thinking about sustainability because so many people flew out here and the FIA is in Paris and it just would have been easier to stay there.

[-] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

And many drivers live in Monaco

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Right, they could’ve just trained to Paris. They probably wouldn’t, but they could

[-] Chreutz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, and so could a lot of the teams from the UK. The Train of Great Speed would be the logical choice to get people from there to Paris.

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