The updates of the FIA International Sports Code before the 2025 motor sports season included enhancemently hard sanctions, including sports sanctions, for driver’s misconduct, including life.
But in a new publication on social networks, the president of the FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, indicated that the changes in that new Appendix B to the International Sportant Code are being considered by the governing body of motor racing.
“After constructive comments of the drivers in our seven world championships of the FIA, I am considering making improvements in Appendix B. As a former rally driver, I understand the demands that face the majority better,” the publication began on social networks.
“Appendix B is a key part of the International Sports Code and is central to help maintain accessible sport for our whole sports family.
“Humans make rules and humans can improve the rules. This principle of continuous improvement is something I have always believed and is in the heart of everything we do in FIA.”
The comments are produced following an agreement between the FIA and the World Rally Drivers (Worda) alliance earlier this month, which was formed after the Four Fourmax fine by Sweing during the Sweden rally this year. The driver received one of the first penalties for throwing under the new Appendix B after swearing after the final stage of Sweden Rally while interviewing WRC’s Global TV TV. After crashing against a snow bank and retired the day before, Fourmuux expressed his frustration saying: “Yesterday we fuck.”
The Hyundai driver was 11,000, with another € 20,000 suspended for 12 months, under the newly created Appendix B.
After the training of the word, in response to that penalty, the meetings were heroes between the representatives of Worda and the representatives of the FIA. A commitment was reached, under which certain environments last a WRC round are no longer subject to the same level of scrutiny of the rules around the language of competition.
As explained by the eight times co-conductor of the world champion Julien Ingrassia, who was involved in discussions in the word of the word “,[t]The rally will now be divided into two zones: one is a controlled area, one is an un controlled area. The latter is based on the heat areas of the moments, such as the ends of the stage, the cars on board, the duration of the stages or the road sections.
“The controlled sections are, for example, the multimedia areas and the press conferences of the FIA after the event. This is not a change in Appendix B [of the FIA International Sporting Code]that cannot be modified in 2025; Rather, this is an agreement between FIA and Worda. “
The 2025 season of Formula 1 has not seen any penalty delivered under the new Appendix B as or still. Carlos Sainz Jr. avoided a penalty after he swore a press conference ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix when he was discussing a fine that he was given after being late to the national anthem before the race before the Japan Grand Prix. Speaking about the incident, Sainz explained his delay in saying that he had a “stomach problem” and that he had to use the facilities.
“I don’t know if I’m going to get another fine to say this, but S — happens. It’s how it is. It’s the way it goes sometimes,” said Williams driver.
The FIA did not take any measure, pointing out that the driver had apologized for his behavior and would compensate for the violation, in a way that was determined.
However, after Saudi Arabia Grandbia, where Max Verstappen received a five-second penalty for a first level incident with Oscar Piesti-the Red Bull pilot was seen talking to President Ben Sulayem after the race. Duration The FIA press conference that followed, Verstappen was quite tight about the race.
“I know that I cannot swear here, but at the same time, you can also be critical in any way that can” damage “or” danger “… Let me take out the sheet. There are many lines, you know? So, so it is better not to speak, and I don’t” want that, “Verstappen said in a moment.
Now given the statement of the president of the FIA and the agreement between the Government and Word, we could see a similar agreement between the Association of Gran Prize (GPDA) and the FIA in the coming weeks.