It seems the drivers aren't the only people in the paddock baffled by the FIA's decision to quadruple the maximum fine.
Guenther Steiner has joked he’ll have to be more careful having already twice been rapped over the knuckles by the FIA as stewards now have the scope to dish out fines of up to one million Euros.
He was fined after the 2019 Russian Grand Prix for a radio outburst when he blamed a “stupid idiotic steward” for Kevin Magnussen receiving a penalty, and earlier this year he was handed a reprimand for comments made during his Spanish GP media briefing when he called the stewards “laymen”. On a more serious note, the Italian said he was surprised by the FIA’s decision as even the previous maximum of a quarter of a million Euros is not something to scoff at.
“So, if you do something you shouldn’t be doing, there is a limit to what you should fine somebody. It needs to be realistic. “So, I mean, I don’t understand why we need this high level of fines. I mean the best is to try to stay out of it or not get one.”His Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff reckons, in theory, upping the fine is a good thing, but he too wonders if Formula 1 doesn’t need a “reality check” given most fans would think that number is “surreal”.
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