Derek Warwick turns into the second British race steward to fall foul of the FIA as he’s suspended for “unauthorised feedback” to a playing firm.
Earlier than the beginning of the season, Johnny Herbert was dismissed because the FIA deemed his position as a race steward “incompatible” together with his different position as a media pundit. Warwick, nevertheless, has solely been dropped for this one race.
“Following current unauthorised media feedback, the FIA has taken the choice to droop Derek Warwick from his duties as driver steward for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix,” mentioned the FIA in a press release.
“He will probably be changed by Enrique Bernoldi, who will probably be officiating from the Distant Operations Centre in Geneva for the rest of the occasion.
“After dialogue, Derek acknowledges that his feedback have been ill-advised in his position as an FIA steward and has apologised. Derek will resume his duties as a steward within the forthcoming Austrian Grand Prix.”
Within the aftermath of the Spanish Grand Prix, Warwick, in an ‘interview’ with the playing agency, was crucial of various drivers.
“Ought to he have accomplished what he did, in Flip 5 with George Russell? Completely not,” he mentioned of Max Verstappen. “Did he get a penalty for it? Sure,” he added. “I am not condoning it, I am not saying it is proper, it is completely fallacious, and the FIA fairly rightly gave him a penalty.
“I feel they bought it about proper,” he added. “I feel lots of people would say he ought to have gotten a ban for example to younger karters, and they’re in all probability proper, however I really feel the penalty was spot on.
“You have to have a look at every particular person incident on their very own advantage. I believed it was very questionable. It is not what I wish to see.”
Along with claiming that Yuki Tsunoda has been a “catastrophe” for Purple Bull, Warwick opined that Lewis Hamilton might be contemplating retirement following a tough debut with Ferrari.
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