{"id":294768,"date":"2023-10-20T06:38:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T06:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=294768"},"modified":"2023-10-20T06:38:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T06:38:58","slug":"george-russell-backs-lewis-hamilton-as-obscene-fia-move-sparks-new-f1-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/racing\/f1\/george-russell-backs-lewis-hamilton-as-obscene-fia-move-sparks-new-f1-row\/","title":{"rendered":"George Russell backs Lewis Hamilton as ‘obscene’ FIA move sparks new F1 row"},"content":{"rendered":"

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George Russell has backed Lewis Hamilton after his Mercedes team-mate was fined heavily for crossing the track in Qatar. The British driver has pledged to raise the issue with the FIA after they revealed a new fine structure this week.<\/p>\n

Under the previous regulations, the maximum possible fine a driver could receive would be \u00a3217,000 (\u20ac250,000), but after the latest meeting of the World Motor Sport Council, that threshold has been bumped up to an eye-watering \u00a3870,000 (\u20ac1m).<\/p>\n

This has naturally provoked a strong response from some of the drivers with Russell, who is currently the chair of the Grand Prix Drivers\u2019 Association, making his stance known on the matter.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s pretty ridiculous that a driver could be fined \u20ac1m,” Russell said when asked about the FIA\u2019s new fines. “In my first year of Formula 1, I was on a five-figure salary and actually lost over six figures in that first year from paying for my trainer, paying for flights, paying for an assistant. And that’s probably the case for 25% of the grid.<\/p>\n

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“We’re doing what we love, so we’re not complaining about that. But if you take a year one driver who probably by the end of the year is losing over \u20ac100,000 because of the investments he has to make, you fine them a million. What’s going to happen?”<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old then ensured that he would be raising the issue with the FIA directly ahead of this weekend\u2019s running at the United States Grand Prix. This will be done during the driver briefing on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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