The FIA is leading the tackling of online abuse towards personnel in the sporting ecosystem, including F1, through a worldwide coalition.

Launched in 2023, the FIA’s United Against Online Abuse initiative is starting to realise tangible results off the back of two years of research and painstaking awareness campaigns as it closes in on its first prosecution.

Online abuse is a huge challenge for modern-day racing drivers and sportspeople

“I spoke to a young female driver in a different championship about a month ago,” recounts the FIA’s Erin Bourke during a conversation with PlanetF1.com in the governing body’s hospitality unit in the F1 paddock.

“She is in the space of trying to get brand sponsorships and get economic clarity in the sports space as a female athlete.

“She had several d

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