- FIA softens hard line on clean-up after Verstappen’s ire
- Stewards granted more discretion on deciding penalties
Efforts to clean up Formula One’s act have taken a more tolerant turn with the FIA cutting by half the maximum penalties for drivers’ swearing, a move that is certain to please the defending world champion, Max Verstappen.
Formula One drivers have been at loggerheads with the FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, over a crackdown on bad language during grand prix weekends and he said last month that he was considering “improvements” to rules.
