Nico Rosberg was forced to compliment women's football after having potentially offended female players and paralympians.
With Germany playing host to the Women's World Cup, which got underway during the European Grand Prix weekend, Rosberg was asked if he watched women's football as well as men's, and his immediate reply ran the risk of insulting those participating.
"Yes, it's like the Paralympics - people who are not quite as good but overall it's still exciting." Rosberg later had to backtrack to cover his comments by saying: "the level (of premier women's football) is really high. I am going to watch it and I think the Germans are the favourites."
At least Rosberg was aware of the tournament and his country's chances. Abendblatt reported that championship leader Sebastian Vettel didn't know the World Cup was starting, and Sergio Perez responded with "Women's World Cup - is there such a thing?"
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