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'Penalty points are working'

BRDC President and regular F1 race steward Derek Warwick believes the sport's new penalty points system is proving a success, although reckons some tweaks to the punishment scale may be needed at the end of the season.Five drivers have had penalty points added to their superlicences for on-track misdemeanours since the start of the season, with Marussia's Jules Bianchi the only repeat offender so far. Should a driver accrue 12 points over a 12-month period they will be banned for the next grand prix. Warwick served as the ex-driver representative on the three-man stewards' panel at last month's Bahrain GP that issued Pastor Maldonado with the biggest single punishment yet issued, three...
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