Stewart wants permanent steward

F1 legend Jackie Stewart belives that if F1 does approve of the penalty system, there’s got to be a permanent steward who decides how many violation points the drivers receive.

Earlier in the month, seven out of the eleven teams agreed to have a penalty system which awards violation points for drivers for causing accidents or generally disrupting the flow of the race. If drivers accumulate twelve points, they will automatically be hit with a one-race ban.

This system has to be approved by FIA World Motorsport Council and Steward belives that, if implemented, it should be looked upon by the same person.

“I think it’s wrong that the FIA have part-time stewards dealing with safety,” he told Reuters.

“It’s not correct to have part-time stewards who have just been brought in from any other country for one or two races.

“There’s got to be the same people all of the time so that there’s no risk that you are going to have peak and valley judgements that are different.

“It’s got to be unilateral, with authority, with expertise and that person should be appointed and paid for. If you are putting penalty points in, then you should be judged consistently.“