Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has been reprimanded by the FIA after he unleashed a spray at "laymen" race stewards who penalised his driver at last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.
Nico Hulkenberg was given the penalty for a divebomb move on the Williams of Alex Albon into Mirabeau on the first lap, although subsequent replays perhaps suggested contact — if there was any at all — was negligible.
"I think it's completely wrong. It's lap one, there was no collision, and it's Monte Carlo," Steiner said in a press conference at the Spanish Grand Prix.
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"This has consequences – lap one, and we get a penalty for what I think is not a collision. There are other people running into each other during the race that get a black-and-white flag, so I think it's very inconsistent.
"If a collision is because you attack somebody, and the other driver reacts to it, why would you get a penalty for that?"
F1 employs a rotating roster of stewards at each race, rather than a core group that attend each race. This method has been criticised for an apparent lack of consistency.
"Do we need a different system with the stewards because every professional sport has professional referees? F1 is one of the biggest sports in the world and we still have laymen deciding."
https://twitter.com/adamcooperF1/status/1665317110342451200Steiner was summonsed to the stewards on Saturday evening (AEST), and the reprimand handed down on Sunday evening before the race. The reprimand will not incur a penalty or fine.
The particularly foul-mouthed Steiner has become a fan-favourite in the wake of Netflix' success Drive to Survive. He made a public apology in a statement released by Haas before the Spanish GP.
He apologised if his words had been "misunderstood".
"I had not intended to offend anyone and that my use of certain words could have been open to misinterpretation or misunderstood by some people," he said.
F1 returns at the Canadian Grand Prix in a fortnight.
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has been reprimanded by the FIA after he unleashed a spray at "laymen" race stewards who penalised his driver at last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.
Nico Hulkenberg was given the penalty for a divebomb move on the Williams of Alex Albon into Mirabeau on the first lap, although subsequent replays perhaps suggested contact — if there was any at all — was negligible.
"I think it's completely wrong. It's lap one, there was no collision, and it's Monte Carlo," Steiner said in a press conference at the Spanish Grand Prix.
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"This has consequences – lap one, and we get a penalty for what I think is not a collision. There are other people running into each other during the race that get a black-and-white flag, so I think it's very inconsistent.
"If a collision is because you attack somebody, and the other driver reacts to it, why would you get a penalty for that?"
F1 employs a rotating roster of stewards at each race, rather than a core group that attend each race. This method has been criticised for an apparent lack of consistency.
"Do we need a different system with the stewards because every professional sport has professional referees? F1 is one of the biggest sports in the world and we still have laymen deciding."
https://twitter.com/adamcooperF1/status/1665317110342451200Steiner was summonsed to the stewards on Saturday evening (AEST), and the reprimand handed down on Sunday evening before the race. The reprimand will not incur a penalty or fine.
The particularly foul-mouthed Steiner has become a fan-favourite in the wake of Netflix' success Drive to Survive. He made a public apology in a statement released by Haas before the Spanish GP.
He apologised if his words had been "misunderstood".
"I had not intended to offend anyone and that my use of certain words could have been open to misinterpretation or misunderstood by some people," he said.
F1 returns at the Canadian Grand Prix in a fortnight.
For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!
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