Three permanent stewards would make sense. The reason Tony Scott-Andrews was appointed (by Max) originally was to give more consistent decisions. Clearly by this decision Max either doesn’t understand consistency or he wants more variety in the decision making process.

donnelly’s people and client list.

@Sidepodcast: Do you know know what Donnelly does for Bernie? I was unaware of him working two jobs.

@Craig: I believe they will be different at each race. However, thinking logically about the numbers, I would presume some may be called upon more than once. Which could bring back the inconsistency, in my mind.

The nationality of the stewards doesn’t really bother me – I would just prefer that it was the same people at every race, especially if the stewards at one grand prix are to pass judgement on something that happened at the one previous to it.

After all, is a British steward less likely to pass good judgement on an incident at the British GP than he is at the French GP for example? I don’t think so.

got it in one.

he also works privately for bernie doesn’t he? so he’ll probably do the best thing for the sports ‘image’, regardless of justice.

The problem with the stewarts is they depend on the FIA for their jobs, and that limits their independence, not where they come from.
I presume Donnelly’s job as advisor is to advise them if they want to keep their jobs then do what the FIA want.