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Stewart calls for permanent F1 stewards

26th September 2008

Three time F1 world champion driver Sir Jackie Stewart has called for the appointment of permanent Formula One race stewards following the FIA International Court of Appeal’s rejection of an appeal by the McLaren team over a time penalty imposed on it driver Lewis Hamilton at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Stewart said, “I’ve said it before, but the governance of Formula One has to change and what took place this week is the latest example to highlight that. The inconsistency of the decision making is not correct for a sport that has such incredible investment involved in it.

“We need the appointment of full-time stewards because at the moment we have different stewards at every grand prix. That says a lot for what is missing. It has to change otherwise the sport could start to lose its credibility.

Speaking of the ICA verdict Stewart said, “It’s a disappointing verdict and I would have thought if it was inadmissible they would have said so earlier. But then FIA appeals are not famous for being won by the teams or drivers. The FIA never seem to overturn these kind of decisions. However, it was a very poor decision by the stewards in the first place.”

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