Formula One’s drivers have launched a scathing attack on FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and demanded to be treated like adults after a host of recent disputes.The former rally driver has been told in an open letter to consider his own “language” after he had said the grid’s stars should stop swearing on the radio and acting like “rappers”.

All 20 Formula 1 drivers demand motorsport’s governing body stops treating them like children in the wake of a crackdown on swearing.

And Ben Sulayem has spoken out in favour of measures to ensure drivers ... or indeed an inanimate object such as an F1 car, or a driving situation," the letter read. "We urge the FIA president to consider his own tone and language when talking to our ...