Motor racing-Teenage Russian karter investigated by FIA for podium salute


FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Italian Grand Prix - Circuit of Monza, Monza, Italy - August 30, 2018 General view of the FiA logo REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

(Reuters) - A 15-year-old Russian go-karter is being investigated by Motor racing's world governing body after he made an apparent Fascist-style salute on the podium at a race in Portugal last weekend.

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement on Monday it had launched an immediate investigation into Artem Severiukhin's "unacceptable conduct".

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