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Penalty shake-up is approved
Three strikes and you're in trouble
The FIA, the sport's governing body, has rubberstamped plans revealed by AUTOSPORT last month to overhaul grand prix racing's penalty system for unruly driving.
FIA president Max Mosley confirmed the news following a meeting of Formula 1's team chiefs in London on Friday. It means that drive-through penalties, such as that which ended Juan Pablo Montoya's 2003 title hopes in the US Grand Prix, will no longer be handed out.
"[Following a dubious on-track collision] there will be a hearing after the race and then a penalty will be imposed, depending on the gravity of the offence," Mosley told Reuters after the meeting. "If that happens three times in a season the stewards are going to look very seriously into giving a one-race suspension. It won't be automatic but they will look at it very seriously."
We don't want to discourage people from racing
Max Mosley
Mosley added that the penalty point system would not be exactly the same as that used following road traffic offences in many countries, but would be similar in method.
"This is more flexible than that, but there is the principle that someone who keeps on causing an accident in a dangerous way will be looking at a suspension," he said. "We don't want to discourage people from racing."
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Amai, wat gaan we nog krijgen?
En wat dan de laatste 2 races? Ram elkaar maar van de baan, je krijgt toch enkel een verwittiging.