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Motorsport. Other than “Let’s Go Brandon” several years ago, most motorsport personalities and events are not politically charged and any drama surrounds the race or strategic calls.
I even went to the Vegas F1 race last year and it was strictly sport and entertainment.
I have yet to go to a racing event where the conversation ended political.
I'm only up on F1, but did you miss the blacked out Mercedes era? When Hamilton was championing all kinds of social causes? Mohammed Ben Sulayem put a hard stop and started censoring the grid, and there's ongoing debate around Saudi influnce in the sport that's pretty political.
I guess from what I’ve seen it hasn’t been the focus. It’s not been as present as I’ve seen in other places. I’m not even sure it’s possible to entirely escape politics until you start approaching the abstract. Politics are people at the end of the day.
Yeah, that's kind of my point it used to be a lot more prevalent than today. FIA seriously clamped down with the change in leadership, so you don't see it any more.
Edit- and not to say any of these causes should even be "political", but that's where we are. I can assure you there was plenty of bitching during race day.