25.04.2025 Jos Verteppen: You cannot be fined every time someone says. FIA needs to take a step forward in terms of professionalism

Fersstappen Sr. criticized the inconsistency of FIA. Former Formula-1 pilot Yos Verteppen said that he thinks about the punishment of his son, a racer Red Bull Max Fertappen for mat, and also criticized the work of the FIA and judges.
- stewards must take punishments sequentially, the same for everyone. And do not first write out a five -second fine, and then ten -second for the same violation. And why did Max write public work for a word, and someone else-a fine?
Constant set of stewards would become a plus. And there are not formula-1 pilots, but more distance and less interested people, who at the same time understand the essence of our sport. If the judges are the same, the decisions will also become the same.
So you need a sequence. This is a question of FIA, she needs to take a step forward in terms of professionalism.
- In fact, you say: it is strange that in sports, where there are so high on stake, where the bets are so high, Fia seems to randomly appoints stewards to the races and say, they say, good luck, guys.
- Yes. Choose constant stewards and pay it well. There are FIFA referee in football, they are preparing, passing courses, they pay well. Formula 1 should be the same, of course. In this area, FIA can learn a lot from FIFA.
- even this season there was a problem around the word . . .
- Well, Fia obviously mistaken with these fines. You can not assign a fine every time someone says. Do you know what I would do on the site of President FIA Mohammed Ben Sulayem? I would take the pilots aside and say: guys, follow the tongue. But play in this way, through the press . . .
 - So the question is in pride?
- the pilots also have an ego. But you can talk to them, make it clear that some words should be used as little as possible. If this happened, on TV it is just to cut it out. That`s all, right? Formula 1 remains emotional sports-you cannot remove emotions from it.
The word can be used in different ways. It is quite widespread in many countries. I do not consider him as a mat, if it is not aimed at insulting a person. From the side of FIA, a little childishly find fault with the little things. Let the sport remain sports.
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