FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has addressed the controversy round F1’s stewards after Franco Colapinto and Arvid Lindblad had been penalised at Zandvoort.
Each drivers had been penalised for overtaking one other competititor whereas the yellow flag was out following Max Verstappen’s crash on the opening lap on the Dutch Grand Prix.
Alpine and Racing Bulls disagreed with the choices, which sparked criticism from followers, espeically in Argentina.
Now, Ben Sulayem has been requested concerning the scrutiny throughout a media session on the FIA American Congress in Buenos Aires.
“To us, it’s about all of the drivers,” he stated. “However I do agree with you. We at the moment are having coaching. We even known as for a coaching course. So, we requested the ASNs [FIA Member Clubs] to ship us names that we will practice as a result of we’re going to rotate the stewards.”
Ben Sulayem added: “I’ll look into it, as a result of I’ve additionally heard different folks saying that they’re towards different folks. I get the identical factor.
“They suppose that the FIA is towards the British, however we aren’t towards them. However, you understand, generally it’s good to ask the stewards and all the time go to them and say: all the time be truthful.”
