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Herbert dropped from function as FIA steward
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Herbert dropped from function as FIA steward

By Miles Cooper January 29, 2025
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Herbert dropped from function as FIA steward

Former grand prix driver Johnny Herbert has been dropped from his function as a steward in Formulation 1.

Governing physique the FIA mentioned that Herbert’s “duties as an FIA steward and that of a media pundit had been incompatible”.

The assertion added that the choice was made “with remorse” and that the three-time race winner was “broadly revered and introduced invaluable expertise and experience to his function”.

The FIA refused to remark additional, however disquiet was centred on the 60-year-old commenting on selections he had been concerned in as an FIA steward on a lot of betting web sites.

Final 12 months, Herbert discovered himself in the midst of a public row with four-time world champion Max Verstappen’s father following the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix, at which the Englishman was a steward.

Verstappen was given two 10-second penalties for 2 incidents with McLaren’s Lando Norris on the identical lap.

His father Jos Verstappen mentioned after the race that “the FIA ought to take a very good take a look at the staffing of the stewards, who they put there and whether or not there isn’t any look of a battle of curiosity”.

In an interview carried out through a playing outlet, Herbert rejected accusations of British bias as “ridiculous”, and described Max Verstappen as “very worldly – he is very open to speak about something and you’ve got a very nice dialog with him”.

However he defended the choice made, calling Verstappen’s driving “excessive” and saying the way in which he drove in opposition to Norris in Mexico “frustrates me massively” and that the Dutchman had acquired into “this horrible mindset of attempting to achieve a bonus by taking a fellow driver off the race observe”.

Johnny Herbert talks to Jos Verstappen at the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix

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