Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has doubled down on the notion that Red Bull's punishment for breaching the 2021 budget cap was far too lenient. read more »

Jean Todt feels the FIA has been "too permissive" with its handling of criticism from the Formula 1 teams and drivers this season. read more »

Jean Todt has suggested the FIA has "maybe been a bit permissive" with the way it has allowed Formula 1 teams and bosses to communicate and criticise race officials. read more »

Amid an increased scrutiny over the governing body's actions in the wake of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix safety car controversy, the FIA has found itself having to defend its... read more »

George Russell has thanked the stewards for using "common sense" after he illegally overtook cars at the race restart in Budapest. Following a red flag period that... read more »

With Red Bull believing that Hamilton's 10-second penalty for causing the collision with Max Verstappen on the opening lap at Silverstone was too lenient, it wanted the... read more »

Red Bull's right to review regarding Lewis Hamilton's Silverstone penalty has been rejected by stewards at the Hungaroring. Hamilton received a 10-second time penalty... read more »

Max Verstappen's crash at the British Grand Prix cost Red Bull approximately $1.8 million. The team is still considering its sporting options over the 'lenient'... read more »

In recent seasons there has been a relatively lenient approach to first-lap incidents, with drivers sometimes given the benefit of the doubt on the basis of the "let them... read more »

Although he believes it was a racing incident, Bernie Ecclestone says the stewards were lenient in handing Lewis Hamilton a 10s time penalty. read more »

Although Hamilton copped a 10-second penalty for the collision, opinions are still divided over the punishment, and a case can be made for both sides of the argument and... read more »

Ferrari and Renault forge on with their appeal against what it considers to be a lenient penalty in respect of Racing Point's brake ducts case read more »

FIA race director, Michael Masi, has said that team-mate crashes are viewed differently in the stewards' room. read more »

Formula 1's Race Director Michael Masi says stewards tend to be more lenient in dealing with clashes between team-mates, in explaining why no penalty was issued to Charles... read more »

More lenient sanctions for jump starts, missed weighbridge, in 2020 read more »

Formula 1 would have "moved away from every single principle of racing" instead of kickstarting a more lenient policy, had Max Verstappen been punished in this... read more »

With Toto Wolff declaring some of the British GP fights "borderline dirty", FIA race director Michael Masi has denied that the stewards were lenient on the drivers. read more »

Lewis Hamilton held off Max Verstappen to win the Monaco GP win but a lenient penalty for the Red Bull driver meant Sebastian Vettel was P2 while Charles Leclerc provided the... read more »

The F1 stewards were in the spotlight last time out at the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, where Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen were all involved in... read more »

McLaren's Fernando Alonso feels F1's stewards were purposely lenient towards Kevin Magnussen following the pair's scrap in FP1.  read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes Sebastian Vettel's five-second penalty for colliding with Valtteri Bottas was too lenient given the impact the incident had on his teammate's... read more »

Mercedes' non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has said that Sebastian Vettel should have been given a bigger penalty for his "enormous mistake" at the French Grand... read more »

Force India says the Formula 1 stewards' "weak" decision to give Nico Hulkenberg a "lenient" penalty for cutting a corner in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix... read more »

Fernando Alonso says that the Italian Grand Prix stewards "must have been having a Heineken" after what he felt was a lenient penalty for Jolyon… read more »

Team bosses to urge race stewards to be lenient in 2016 read more »