Shocking scene from Portugal: Artyom Severyukhin gives the winning salute at the award ceremony of the European Karting Championship. Then the 15-year-old bursts out laughing.
A major scandal broke out at the award ceremony of the “FIA European Championship” kart race in Portimao, Portugal: The winner of the competition, Artyom Severyukhin, gave the Hitler salute on the podium and then burst out laughing.
It is still unclear what prompted the Russian racing juniors to make this despicable gesture, which is a punishable offense in Germany. In addition, the international motorsport federation FIA, which organized the competition in Portugal, has not yet commented on a possible penalty for Severyukhin, who competed under the Italian flag due to international sanctions in sport against Russia.