Comments on: Are There Changes On The Way For Race Stewards?

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:19:16 +0000

What is needed is not so much more stewards, permanent ones or es-driver ones, but stewards who can be bothered to learn the relevant regulations for the series they are officiating at and act according to those regulations. This has been lacking for several years - at least according to appearances. Until that happens, it’s pretty much irrelevant whether we have three, four or no stewards at all, because the regulations still won’t be applied properly.

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:01:29 +0000

Surely appointing an ex-driver will introduce more bias… Theres potential for grudges against current drivers, team bosses etc…

Maybe they should just get Charlie to do it, - at least then anything he says to the teams during the race will likely hold true afterwards.

By: Steven Roy

Steven Roy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:51:32 +0000

Only Max could think that increasing the number of stewards would give clearer faster decisions. There needs to be one permanent, professional steward giving consistent decisions. Someone like Tony Scott-Andrews who was universally respected or an ex-driver like Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda or the like who is beyond being bullied by Max.

I was shocked to find today at http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns20830.html that there have been stewards in recent years who have never seen an F1 race until they first officiated at one. You have to wonder why anyone would appoint someone like that. Appointing more similar people is only going to make things worse. You only had to look at how long they took to issue penalties for pitting when pit lane was closed in Singapore to see that there is a major problem. That kind of decision should be instanly made as soon as someone enters the pits and the penalty handed out on the first flying lap after the safety car comes in.