George Russel♈l has questioned the FIA’s sudden U-turn on penalties for swearing after F1’s governing body announced💜 changes ahead of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

On Wednesday,168澳洲5最新开奖结꧑ꦯ果: the FIA reduced the maximum penalties F1 drivers can receive for swearing.

The maximum penalty for a first offence is now €5,000 - a 50 per cent reduction compared to th🌃e initial €10,000 penalty imposed under th🐲e revised version of Appendix B of the International Sporting Code.

Stewards have beenꦕ given more power to fully suspend a penalty, pa▨rticularly if it’s the first offence.

Additionally, stewards will be allowed to determine whether an offence is committed in a controlled envir🌼onment, such as a press conference, or an uncontrolled environment, which is classed as “on track or durin🌺g a rally stage”.

🍨Swearing has been a hot topic after Max Verstꦓappen was given a community service punishment.

Verstappen swore in an FIA press conference during the Singapore Grand Pr𒐪ix we𒁏ekend.

After being penalised, he refused to give fu🐠ll answers to tওhe media in subsequent FIA press conferences.

Later in theဣ year, Charles Leclerc wasꦇ fined for swearing.

When he discusse🍎d the changes, Russell was keen to point out that the rules were initially “a little bit ludicrous in theꦜ first place.”

“I fee🍨l the 🍸changes should have never happened in the first place,” Russell said as quoted by RN365.

“So we’re talking about a situation where things have been reverted, because it was a littlඣe bit ludicrous in the first place.

“We’re happy to see things go back to how they should be, but it should never have been there in the first place. So it feels ❀a bit wrong to be thanking the changes when we shouldn’t have been in that plꦰace to begin with.

“It’s a bit of a strange predicament, 💞and we’ve still had no correspondence with anyone▨ from senior level at the FIA. So it’s all a bit suspect.”

Russell still waiting for FIA talks

Despite raising concerns on behalf of the drivers, Russell’s had no official corresp🧸ondence with the FIA.

Russell is head of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, the body that represents the current🅺 grid.

“It seems more c🐭hallenging than it should be really,” Ru꧑ssell added.

“But we’ve all put our views forward, I wouldn’t say it’s gotten to a point of no return, but you at least want to see willingne💦ss from the other party.

“I think we feel we’ve put in our views forward, and we wan💎t to have conversations and dialogue, and there’s only so much you can ask. So, yeah, it’s got to be mutual. It’s got to come from both directions.”