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Surprise reveal of F1's most controversial guidelines explained [ad-free]
🕑 Added 2025-06-26 21:53:21 +0000 UTCAhead of the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix, the FIA revealed the secretive F1 penalty guidelines and racing rules its officials use to when deciding whether or not to penalise drivers. Jon Noble and Scott Mitchell-Malm break down the key points from this surprise reveal.
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Comments
rod
It’s interesting that Austria ended up being a functional/points-wise equivalent of a race ban for MV.
Glenn Freeman (The Race)
There are lots of minor offences where the punishment is discretionary
Evan Patipa
Any comment on how a recent reveal of stewards documents show that the penalty that max received in Qatar 2024 for driving slowly on a cool down lap isn't even considered a punishable offense?
Michael Holden
Good wrap up. Just shows how doubtful/cynical I have become. Yep, I’m all for this transparency. But my immediate reaction is “why now”? I think Scott and Jon answered this in their concluding comments.
