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Toto Wolff calls for FIA ‘reality check with real life'

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has called for the FIA to undergo a 'reality check', after they increased the maximum a driver could be fined by the stewards to a ridiculous 1 million. Prior to the change which was announced ahead of this weekend's United States Grand Prix, the maximum a driver could be fined by the stewards was 250,000. Clearly then, in a time when prices are rising exponentially across the world in all departments, increasing the maximum possible fine by four times has left some calling for the FIA to open their eyes to 'real life'. What exactly a driver has to have done wrong to be fined the seven-figure sum is unknown, although the FIA's argument for increasing the...
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