The race at the Red Bull Ring, won by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, was marred by a series of accusations of sexist catcalling, inappropriate touching of female fans, and homophobic and racist abuse. There were 60,000 Dutch fans in attendance to support Verstappen and many of the reports referenced the stands where they were gathered. Verstappen condemned the behaviour as did Lewis Hamilton and Leclerc. “I have no other explanation for people abusing in whatever way, sexist, homophobic or racist – you are just simply brainless. We mustn’t come across as though we are condemning a group of fans, because we are not.

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