All Posts Tagged With: "Stewards"
Damon Hill Set To Join Stewards In 2010
Following yesterday’s news that former world champion Alain Prost has joined the stewards as the driver representative, it was announced today that Damon Hill will also contribute to the steward’s team at two events this year. The idea being that a former driver will be able to offer a different perspective of situations that may [...]
Alain Prost Joins Stewarding Team For 2010
Former world champion and team owner Alain Prost has been announced as joining the steward’s team for the 2010 season, starting this weekend in Bahrain at the season’s opening race. The FIA have been trying for the past couple of years to become more transparent and fair in their stewarding decisions, and after it became [...]
Hungary 2009: Penalty Updates
The race at Hungary this afternoon was quite hectic at times, and during the event Kimi Raikkonen was being investigated for his actions at the very start. There were two other incidents of note during the grand prix that the stewards didn’t initially state they were investigating, but after the race the appropriate team members [...]
McLaren Summoned To Extraordinary WMSC Meeting
Following the saga of the Australian and Malaysian Grands Prix, McLaren have been summoned by the FIA World Motor Sport Council to answer charges that they have brought the sport into disrepute. The charges come after it was realised that Lewis Hamilton and David Ryan failed to disclose all the information available to them at [...]
McLaren Suspend Dave Ryan Over Australia Disqualification
McLaren’s Sporting Director, Dave Ryan, has been suspended by Martin Whitmarsh today, the action coming after Ryan’s involvement with the issues surrounding the team following the eventual disqualification of Lewis Hamilton from the Australian Grand Prix. Ryan’s suspension was announced this morning in Malaysia and as the first practice session commenced, Ryan was seen leaving [...]
Brawn, Toyota & Williams Cleared To Race: Their Diffusers Are Legal For Now
It was announced yesterday in Australia (local time) by the FIA that Ferrari, Renault and Red Bull Racing had lodged protests over the diffusers on the Brawn, Toyota and Williams cars. The issue has been bubbling away for a while now after the teams saw what each other had done regarding the rear end of [...]
Greater Transparency From FIA Stewards In 2009
The World Motor Sport Council met today to discuss a variety of topics surrounding the future of Formula One and one such topics was a improvement needed in the stewarding process at grands prix. 2008 saw an unprecedented number of decisions being made by the three race stewards, and to say they did a less-than-acceptable [...]
Are The Stewards Ruining Formula One?
If 2008 will be remembered for anything, it will be the ruthless decisions made by the stewards of the races. I don’t have hard numbers, but it would appear that this season has seen an uncharacteristic high number of fine and penalties imposed on drivers and teams. Misdemeanour’s range from being late to official meetings [...]
