Intensity Rises: FIA Cracks Down on F1 Drivers with Harsher Penalties

Jan.23 - The Mohammed Ben Sulayem-led FIA is risking upsetting the Formula 1 drivers even more with draconian new penalties for bad behaviour.
Award-winning Dutch F1 journalist Erik van Haren has spotted a new addition to the governing body's sporting code for 2025, outlining a range of ultra-harsh penalties.
Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc's penalties for swearing enraged the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) in 2024, but a hypothetical third offense this year could result in six-figure fines and even month-long race bans.
"Words, deeds or writings" that harm the FIA and motor racing's "values", meanwhile, could ultimately lead to the actual loss of world championship points.
"The 20 Formula 1 drivers will not be happy with the new system," van Haren surmised.
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Great, more rules.
this Mohammed Ben Sulayem dude needs to STFD and STFU! We don't need his uptight nonsense, and we believe in free speech, not Saudi repression! Remember 9/11!
This FIA president is willingly destroying F1 , he probably don't like , that LibertyMedia make very good financial results , and all the F1 teams have great value .
He is an disaster for FIA and Autosport. Dishonest ,corrupt stewards, who have different, and conflicting, functions are OK for him too. It is a shame and also unacceptable.
This FIA president is an dictator with no common sense . Sorry for mistakes in my English
Then come re-election, the bodies have a choice
When is Ben Sulayem up for re-election and who exactly gets a vote? A regular election is well and good, but I would imagine that if Toto, Christian, Zach and whoever is running Ferrari these days went to whoever is running Liberty these days and collectively demand that MBS be terminated with immediate effect it might do the trick, irrespective of any nominal election process, no?
every country thats fia affiliated has a Motorsport body, so they each get a vote,so all those countries /our countries are to blame for binman
so east fuckistan gets the same vote as the US or UK or Italy or Germany? Sounds like the US Senate...
yep thats about right, by the way how many Arab states are Fia affiliated?
Dear Fia please supply the following information etc etc
I would imagine that at least Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain are, as I would suspect you need to be to host a F1 GP. So that makes 4 right there, possibly the plurality they needed to install Sulayem in the first place?
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