(Portimão) The first round of the FIA Karting European Championship was held over the weekend in Portugal and it was won by 15 year old Russian Artem Severiukhin who due to sanctions (note that point) now operates out of Italy for Ward racing as an Italian citizen. However he isn’t a happy teddy after he was sacked and placed under investigation by FIA the governing body of Karting for carrying out a Nazis salute and bursting into a fit of giggles which some believe was him showing his support for the invasion of the Ukraine by his native Russia.
After waking up to the fact that he has completely ruined his life he took to Russian social media in which to play the victimcard. You't think that somebody who had to drive under the flag of another country due to sanctions placed on his home coutnry over its invasion of the Ukraine would know better.FIA reported that they launched an immediate investigation into the incident with Artem Severiukhin. https://t.co/oLJfupTb78
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 11, 2022
Today Artyom Severyukhin - the Russian karting race driver who was seen performing Nazi salute yesterday has issued a pre-recorded “apology video” where he claims he has no idea how “hitting a heart” gesture he continued to a Nazi salute, claiming it was unintentionally then 🙃 https://t.co/zv3dW9Is4B pic.twitter.com/NalXO8eKG2
— Michael Elgort 🇺🇦✡️ (@just_whatever) April 11, 2022
