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[darwin dali]

ESPNF1:
F1 drivers could be penalised by the FIA if they behave badly on the roads, Jean Todt has suggested.

Lewis Hamilton was arrested after he was caught 'hoon' driving in Melbourne earlier this year and later charged and summoned to court. But when asked about the incident in Turkey two weeks ago, the McLaren driver said the local authorities were "loving the publicity".

Victorian traffic commissioner Ken Lay was unimpressed with Hamilton's "flippant" reaction. "The bottom line is people die on our roads because of hoon behaviour and he has set a really bad example," he said.

Also apparently unimpressed is FIA president Todt, who was rumoured to be considering commissioning a protocols list informing drivers about respecting the unique rules and practices of each GP host nation they visit. It has additionally been rumoured that drivers could face FIA penalties if convicted of committing traffic offenses.

"I have actually asked this question," Todt admitted to the French newspaper Le Parisien. "There is an incompatibility between the status of a role model champion, and a possible infringement on the road. We are therefore trying to see whether to do something, and how."

[myownalias]

I believe that it's up to the individual authorities to enforce the law; it's really nothing to do with the FIA... I think it oversteps the bounds of their remit!

[Jabberwocky]

didn't Hill get banned for speeding and he could not carry out an F1 test?

[texasmr2]

I believe that it's up to the individual authorities to enforce the law; it's really nothing to do with the FIA... I think it oversteps the bounds of their remit!

No matter what my stance is on road safety this is a simple case of the FIA wanting to overstep their authority so leave it up to the local authorities as you said.

[racechick]

Not their business.

[What's Burning?]

Although I think it's not their business, I clicked the maybe button, because there are violations, like drunk driving that should just be avoided at all costs.

It's a slippery slope though and it's too subjective to enforce unless there are signed contracts by the drivers up front as part of gaining an FIA driver's license.

[McLaren]

Unless it's drink driving it's nothing to do with them.

[IceManpjn]

I understand it looking bad and setting a bad example, but it still seems to me that what drivers do in their private lives away from their job is their own business and not that of the FIA. This sort of reminds me of the Tiger Woods umpalumpa scandal nonsense that was popular "news" a while back, and talk about Tiger retiring from his golfing career over it, even though his umpalumpa life should have nothing to do with him swinging a golf club.

[darwin dali]

I understand it looking bad and setting a bad example, but it still seems to me that what drivers do in their private lives away from their job is their own business and not that of the FIA. This sort of reminds me of the Tiger Woods umpalumpa scandal nonsense that was popular "news" a while back, and talk about Tiger retiring from his golfing career over it, even though his umpalumpa life should have nothing to do with him swinging a golf club.

MM and his scandal comes to mind...

[What's Burning?]

I understand it looking bad and setting a bad example, but it still seems to me that what drivers do in their private lives away from their job is their own business and not that of the FIA. This sort of reminds me of the Tiger Woods umpalumpa scandal nonsense that was popular "news" a while back, and talk about Tiger retiring from his golfing career over it, even though his umpalumpa life should have nothing to do with him swinging a golf club.

Swinging his club....