Prost to steward at Bahrain GP.

[Marcia]

Surely this can only be a good thing

Four times world champion Alain Prost will be the drivers' representative on the stewards' panel at the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend.

A former Formula 1 driver will join the stewards at every race this year as part of the FIA's efforts to ensure transparency and complete fairness in all decisions.

Prost contested 199 grands prix between 1980 and 1993, winning championships with McLaren in 1985, 1986 and 1989, and Williams in 1993.

He subsequently returned to the sport to run his own Prost Grand Prix team after taking over Ligier in 1997, although the squad folded due to a lack of sponsorship before the start of the 2002 season.

The 55-year-old Frenchman has since raced in the Andros Trophy ice racing series, where he is now a double champion

[heebeegeetee]

Marcia said:

Surely this can only be a good thing

Yes, totally agree!

A great driver and a strong character.

[skwdenyer]

heebeegeetee said:

Marcia said:

Surely this can only be a good thing

Yes, totally agree!

A great driver and a strong character.

But surely his essential Frenchnes must indicate a continuing conspiratorial effort on behalf of the French-domiciled and French-led FIA to maintain an overly-Gallic influence over F1?

[deevlash]

Im sure he'll look favourably on a chap with a yellow helmet who drives a Mclaren and has a propensity for aggresive moves...

[heebeegeetee]

skwdenyer said:

heebeegeetee said:

Marcia said:

Surely this can only be a good thing

Yes, totally agree!

A great driver and a strong character.

But surely his essential Frenchnes must indicate a continuing conspiratorial effort on behalf of the French-domiciled and French-led FIA to maintain an overly-Gallic influence over F1?

Well we all know for sure that the brit who led the FIA for the past decade and a half was the most corrupt individual that's ever likely to hold the post, but hey, don't let's stop immediately assuming that Johnny Foreigner will automatically be bent, shall we?

[belleair302]

He will probably throw a temper tantrum when it comes to which driver is using which engine....and then have a go at Bruno Senna for cheating!

[BigBen]

belleair302 said:

He will probably throw a temper tantrum when it comes to which driver is using which engine....and then have a go at Bruno Senna for cheating!

Fairly sure there will be no bias towards the red cars, they did not part particularly amicably iirc

[skwdenyer]

heebeegeetee said:

skwdenyer said:

heebeegeetee said:

Marcia said:

Surely this can only be a good thing

Yes, totally agree!

A great driver and a strong character.

But surely his essential Frenchnes must indicate a continuing conspiratorial effort on behalf of the French-domiciled and French-led FIA to maintain an overly-Gallic influence over F1?

Well we all know for sure that the brit who led the FIA for the past decade and a half was the most corrupt individual that's ever likely to hold the post, but hey, don't let's stop immediately assuming that Johnny Foreigner will automatically be bent, shall we?

Obviously I needed a bigger - here, have a few more I was playing to the tin-foil hat conspiracy-theorising galleries there

[scottf1]

It's an excellent idea to have a previous driver on the board. Also the F1 officials are no longer regulating GP2 and the lower categories, therefore there shouldn't be much delay in decision making.

[paulrockliffe]

scottf1 said:

It's an excellent idea to have a previous driver on the board. Also the F1 officials are no longer regulating GP2 and the lower categories, therefore there shouldn't be much delay in decision making.

From Spain onwards.

[skeggysteve]

Yes, I agree, having ex. drivers is a very good idea. Should have been done sooner.

Better still is having Damon at Monaco:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82053

Guess 'someone' will have to take more car with his 'parking'

[heebeegeetee]

belleair302 said:

He will probably throw a temper tantrum when it comes to which driver is using which engine....and then have a go at Bruno Senna for cheating!

He didn't throw a temper tantrum, he just discovered (quite easily) that Honda were giving him inferior engines.

He then humiliated Honda in the press to make sure they didn't do it again. It was Bruno's uncle who had all the tantrums and accused everyone of dishonesty, whilst running people off the track.