Stewards Facing Ban.
The three stewards involved in the controversial end to the British Grand Prix could be banned from officiating at future events as a result of their actions.
The three - Roger Peart, Howard Lapsley and Nazir Hoosein - have been summoned to Paris to face an FIA enquiry into the incident which saw Michael Schumacher taking victory whilst in the pit-lane serving a penalty. The series of mistakes made by the stewards led to an ongoing protest from the McLaren team after Schumacher escaped unpunished despite passing Benetton's Alex Wurz under yellow flags.
The three stewards involved in the controversial end to the British Grand Prix could be banned from officiating at future events as a result of their actions.
The three - Roger Peart, Howard Lapsley and Nazir Hoosein - have been summoned to Paris to face an FIA enquiry into the incident which saw Michael Schumacher taking victory whilst in the pit-lane serving a penalty. The series of mistakes made by the stewards led to an ongoing protest from the McLaren team after Schumacher escaped unpunished despite passing Benetton's Alex Wurz under yellow flags.
Instead of issuing a stop-go penalty to the German, the stewards imposed an additional 10 seconds on his finishing time, but later withdrew this because of administrational errors. Ferrari decided to call Schumacher in for a penalty stop simply because it could not decipher the handwritten note it had been given by the stewards. An outcome to the McLaren protest is expected next week.
