Canadian Grand Prix: FIA suspended Race Steward Derek Warwick for media comments

Warvik won the Man’s 24 hours, the former president of the British Racing Drivers Club and one of the most senior driver stoovers in F1.

An ex-F1 driver is always one of the four steovers in every grand prix.

Warvik was quoted last week, saying that the fined was “correct” by the Dutchman that the Dutchman’s Max Verustapane was fined in the Spanish Grand Prix after Mercedes collided with George Russell.

On a gambling website, Warvik said: “Should he have done what he did, in five with George Russell? Absolutely not. He got a fine for him? Yes.

“It seems to me, although he was in a pigeon, he again got away from George, but the speed pushed him against George. It’s absolutely wrong and the FIA ​​was right to punish him.”

Warvik is the second driver Steward to be punished by the FIA ​​to comment on the race in the last six months.

In January Johnny Herbert was dropped By the FIA, which stated that his “FIAs were incompatible as a steward and a media pundit”.

The FIA’s decision to suspend Warvik came a day later when the controversial law change was passed by the General Assembly of the organization.

Changes by critics “Risk are asked to contribute further” FIA’s reputation erosion For competent and transparent rule “under President Mohammad Ben Sulem.

Since 2021, Ben Sulem’s time has been marked by a series of controversies, most of which have been focused on accountability and good governance erosion and their power and the introduction of measures that reduce oversight.

When there are questions about how the stewers arrive on the decision during a Grand Prix, the FIA ​​refused to comment on the basis that the stewards are “independent of the FIA”.

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