FIA to explain stewards' decisions - Autosport
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The FIA has revealed that it will introduce greater transparency into decisions made by Formula One stewards next season.
In the wake of the controversy that surrounded Lewis Hamilton's penalty at Spa-Francorchamps, it was decided at a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris today that decisions will be better explained to the public from now on.
A written explanation of each decision will be published on the FIA's website, rather than just the confirmations of decisions that are made public at present.
The FIA has also pledged to make available any film evidence relevant to stewards' decisions that may not have been seen by the public on both the FIA and FOM websites.
A new replay system will also be introduced to the officiating process with the intention that all incidents are investigated and any action is taken during the race itself, unless it is necessary to seek further evidence after the event.
The FIA also announced that trainee stewards - nominated by their nation's governing body and selected by the FIA - will attend five grands prix next season in an observation role. Any national stewards officiating on a Formula One race for the first time must have observed at least one grand prix in this way to obtain their stewards' super licence
. A short CV of all trainee stewards will also be posted on the FIA website.
It has long been argued that at least one former grand prix driver should be among the stewards and the FIA also confirmed that ex-racers are eligible to obtain their national stewarding licence and graduate to the super licence.
The WMSC also rubber-stamped the plan to extend engine life to three races from next year.
Its about time or do they realise how shockingly bad they looked this year.
In the wake of the controversy that surrounded Lewis Hamilton's penalty at Spa-Francorchamps, it was decided at a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris today that decisions will be better explained to the public from now on.
A written explanation of each decision will be published on the FIA's website, rather than just the confirmations of decisions that are made public at present.
The FIA has also pledged to make available any film evidence relevant to stewards' decisions that may not have been seen by the public on both the FIA and FOM websites.
A new replay system will also be introduced to the officiating process with the intention that all incidents are investigated and any action is taken during the race itself, unless it is necessary to seek further evidence after the event.
The FIA also announced that trainee stewards - nominated by their nation's governing body and selected by the FIA - will attend five grands prix next season in an observation role. Any national stewards officiating on a Formula One race for the first time must have observed at least one grand prix in this way to obtain their stewards' super licence
. A short CV of all trainee stewards will also be posted on the FIA website.It has long been argued that at least one former grand prix driver should be among the stewards and the FIA also confirmed that ex-racers are eligible to obtain their national stewarding licence and graduate to the super licence.
The WMSC also rubber-stamped the plan to extend engine life to three races from next year.
Its about time or do they realise how shockingly bad they looked this year.
Edited by Wanta996Gotta on Wednesday 5th November 16:30
Wanta996Gotta said:
The FIA also announced that trainee stewards - nominated by their nation's governing body and selected by the FIA - will attend five grands prix next season in an observation role. Any national stewards officiating on a Formula One race for the first time must have observed at least one grand prix in this way to obtain their stewards' super licence
Or, to put it another way, all applicants to the position of Steward will be observed by Alan Donnelly for five races to ensure their understanding of and adherence to the FIA's code of practice.
itv.com said:
"The FIA is also to introduce a different training system for stewards, announcing that "any national steward participating who is officiating for the first time will be required to ‘observe’ a minimum of one Grand Prix prior to their event."
I guess we can infer from this then, that up to now, stewards need never to have even seen a Grand Prix before being required to sit in judgement upon incidents that could have a direct influence upon the outcome of a multi billion dollar sport. That would answer a lot of questions raised during the closing stages of this season, but also raises numerous more. Namely, in pursueing vendettas against certain teams, or litigating against the press, the President has taken his eye off of the management of the sport of F1 in allowing complete and utter novices to police Grands Prix! Negligence of the highest order in my book.
Plug550 said:
itv.com said:
"The FIA is also to introduce a different training system for stewards, announcing that "any national steward participating who is officiating for the first time will be required to ‘observe’ a minimum of one Grand Prix prior to their event."
I guess we can infer from this then, that up to now, stewards need never to have even seen a Grand Prix before being required to sit in judgement upon incidents that could have a direct influence upon the outcome of a multi billion dollar sport. That would answer a lot of questions raised during the closing stages of this season, but also raises numerous more. Namely, in pursueing vendettas against certain teams, or litigating against the press, the President has taken his eye off of the management of the sport of F1 in allowing complete and utter novices to police Grands Prix! Negligence of the highest order in my book.
). No, not Tony Scott Andrews - he was only one of the most respected stewards in the world. How about...how about Alan Donnelly - you know, the career politician and PR hack whose qualifications were his friendship with Mosley and his business relationship with Ferrari SpA.Good old Alan will sort it. Why train stewards in how to come to decisions when you already have a guy overseeing them who knows what the decisions are going to be?
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