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What is a steward?
Topic Started: Sep 7 2008, 11:06 PM (223 Views)
Steelstallions
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To the tech people on here.

Who are the stewards?

what is their organisational structure?

who hires/fires them?

Does FIA play any part on their decisions during a race and how do they do that, is there a representative at the track?

Does each track have its own stewards or do they fly in like referees for international football games?


Tried to get a link, but only got news reports on Lewis.




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12) OFFICIALS
12.1 From among holders of an FIA Super Licence the following officials will be nominated by the FIA:
- Two stewards one of whom will be permanent and appointed chairman;
- A race director;
- A permanent starter.
12.2 From among holders of an FIA Super Licence the following officials will be nominated by the ASN from among holders of an FIA Super Licence, and their names sent to the FIA at the same time as the application to organise the Event:
- One steward from among the ASN's nationals.
- The clerk of the course.
12.3 The clerk of the course shall work in permanent consultation with the race director. The race director shall have overriding authority in the following matters and the clerk of the course may give orders in respect of them only with his express agreement:
a) the control of practice and the race, adherence to the timetable and, if he deems it necessary, the making of any proposal to the stewards to modify the timetable in accordance with the Code or Sporting Regulations,
b) the stopping of any car in accordance with the Code or Sporting Regulations,
c) the stopping of practice or suspension of the race in accordance with the Sporting Regulations if he deems it unsafe to continue and ensuring that the correct restart procedure is carried out,
d) the starting procedure,
e) the use of the safety car.
12.4 The race director, the clerk of the course and the technical delegate must be present at the Event from 10.00 on the day of initial scrutineering and the stewards from 15.00 on the same day.
12.5 The race director must be in radio contact with the clerk of the course and the chairman of the stewards at all times when cars are permitted to run on the track. Additionally, the clerk of the course must be in race control and in radio contact with all marshal's posts during these times.

From the 2008 Formula One Sporting Regulations, reproduced courtesy of the FIA at http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules_an...s/6836/fia.html

So in answer to your question Steel, two of the stewards for each race are appointed by the FIA and one is nominated by the host country for that Grand Prix. One of the FIA stewards is permanent as of 2006 (where "permanent" means that they are present at every race for a whole season at a time), which was aimed at increasing consistency.

Although two stewards are appointed by the FIA, decisions they make are not influenced directly by the FIA. To put it another way, the FIA make the rules and the stewards enforce them, and to some extent these two bodies are separate from one another. The FIA is in control of the appeal process, however, so now that McLaren have appealed the FIA have the power to overrule the stewards of any particular GP.
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Red Andy,Sep 7 2008
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12) OFFICIALS
12.1 From among holders of an FIA Super Licence the following officials will be nominated by the FIA:
- Two stewards one of whom will be permanent and appointed chairman;
- A race director;
- A permanent starter.
12.2 From among holders of an FIA Super Licence the following officials will be nominated by the ASN from among holders of an FIA Super Licence, and their names sent to the FIA at the same time as the application to organise the Event:
- One steward from among the ASN's nationals.
- The clerk of the course.
12.3 The clerk of the course shall work in permanent consultation with the race director. The race director shall have overriding authority in the following matters and the clerk of the course may give orders in respect of them only with his express agreement:
a) the control of practice and the race, adherence to the timetable and, if he deems it necessary, the making of any proposal to the stewards to modify the timetable in accordance with the Code or Sporting Regulations,
b) the stopping of any car in accordance with the Code or Sporting Regulations,
c) the stopping of practice or suspension of the race in accordance with the Sporting Regulations if he deems it unsafe to continue and ensuring that the correct restart procedure is carried out,
d) the starting procedure,
e) the use of the safety car.
12.4 The race director, the clerk of the course and the technical delegate must be present at the Event from 10.00 on the day of initial scrutineering and the stewards from 15.00 on the same day.
12.5 The race director must be in radio contact with the clerk of the course and the chairman of the stewards at all times when cars are permitted to run on the track. Additionally, the clerk of the course must be in race control and in radio contact with all marshal's posts during these times.

From the 2008 Formula One Sporting Regulations, reproduced courtesy of the FIA at http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules_an...s/6836/fia.html

So in answer to your question Steel, two of the stewards for each race are appointed by the FIA and one is nominated by the host country for that Grand Prix. One of the FIA stewards is permanent as of 2006 (where "permanent" means that they are present at every race for a whole season at a time), which was aimed at increasing consistency.

Although two stewards are appointed by the FIA, decisions they make are not influenced directly by the FIA. To put it another way, the FIA make the rules and the stewards enforce them, and to some extent these two bodies are separate from one another. The FIA is in control of the appeal process, however, so now that McLaren have appealed the FIA have the power to overrule the stewards of any particular GP.

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What is a steward?


Someone who spoon-feeds world champonships to Ferrari. <roflmao>
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A person or persons assigned to a racing event so that there is someone available to be blamed for anything or everything.

Or so it seems to Stewards.
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Craze_b0i,Sep 8 2008
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What is a steward?


Someone who spoon-feeds world champonships to Ferrari. <roflmao>

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Stewards for Spa were Nicholas Deschaux, Surinder Thatti and Yves Bacquelaine
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u4coffee,Sep 8 2008
08:41 AM
Surinder Thatti

are you sure that's not Surinder Thatitle?

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