News Details

Driver penalty situation in F1 ‘crazy' – Ecclestone

Nov.6 Bernie Ecclestone says the way Formula 1 drivers are being penalised for on-track incidents at present is 'crazy'. Pundits have been highly critical of some of Max Verstappen's racing lately, but drivers up and down the pitlane are loudly calling on the FIA to clarify the 'guidelines' about what is and is not acceptable. 'It's getting crazy,' said Ecclestone, the former F1 chief executive who quietly attended the Brazilian GP last weekend, as he lives on a nearby coffee plantation. 'You could sum up the current rules in one sentence – ‘don't fight or you'll get into trouble'. We saw it in Mexico with the two 10-second penalties given to Max,' the 94-year-old added. 'If...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Lando Norris regarded Ferrari as McLaren's main F1...

Lando Norris has claimed that McLaren has considered Ferrari as the...
8mo ago from MotorsportWeek.com

McLaren admits Verstappen ‘on his way' to 2024...

Nov.4 Max Verstappen's father admits his son took a 'very positive' step...
8mo ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Lewis Hamilton: End to 2024 ‘can't come soon...

Lewis Hamilton expressed that an end to his last F1 campaign with...
8mo ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Lewis Hamilton ‘doing the best with what I've...

Lewis Hamilton has expressed he is "doing the best with what I've...
8mo ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Brazil replaces Argentina as 2026 MotoGP calendar...

The 2026 MotoGP calendar has officially been released and the new season...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Laguna Seca – Race Results

IndyCar traveled clear across the country since last weekend’s race,...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Untouchable Alex Palou eases to IndyCar victory at...

The IndyCar paddock travelled over 2700 miles from the event last...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“He has a preferred movement” - Ex-Premier League...

Braga manager Carlos Carvalhal opened up on his tactical set-up to try and...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

How to stop Viktor Gyökeres? ‘We’d have to foul...

onents from the striker’s time in Portugal on how they attempted to...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal 3-2 Newcastle – observations

Hey folks, I'm still here in Singapore. My flight is quite a bit later...
10h ago from Arseblog.com

Former Tottenham player wishes he had joined Arsenal...

Former Premier League attacker Adel Taarabt has suggested that he had the...
17h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.