Drivers could lose Super-licence for Road Offences

[Sonic]

I strongly disagree with you.

No driver is responsible for the actions of anyone else. And making a rule so that feeble minded morons might be "protected" is the height of immorality.

The most ridiculous load of bull snot remains the "hooning" nonsense that saw Lewis Hamilton in the dock.

The drivers should turn around to the dratted FIA and tell them what to do. The whole Superlicense rule is nonsense anyway and is a way to excercise control over people.

Goddam collectivists!

Sorry dude but I strongly disagree with you. As someone who works with the next generation of drivers in karting at the moment we are always trying to stress that they need to have two styles of driving - on track, and then road - we train them for both.

It does our cause no end of harm when tales of top class drivers stupidity on the public highway reaches their impressionable ears.

[F1boat]

No! A driver's duty should be to drive fast and win when he's racing. What he does off the grid is his business and his business only. I'm sick of drivers being told what to do by manufacturers, sponsors, and now the FIA. Drivers aren't a bunch of pussy "nice guys" just let them race.

It's shocking, but it seems that I agree completely with you...

[I am evil Homer]

If an F1 driver killed someone whilst driving they should be stripped/suspended anyway. Doing doughnuts on a closed road isn't the same thing.

[Retro Formula 1]

In theory, a driver should be able to turn up at a track and drive. Anything outside of his job should be private and not subjected to media scrutiny.

In practice, as this forum proves quite conveniently, the opposite is true. Part of the role of a driver these days is to represent his team, his sponsors and the sport as a whole because the worlds eyes are on F1.

I think that somewhere between the 2 extremes is where the answer lies and I'm sure the FIA isn't going to be punishing drivers for doing 35 in a 30 zone. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if behind this is a train of thought leading to the FIA's road safety campaign. Look at the sterling work Schumacher has been involved with for several years now after his indiscretions? The FIA's been championing road safety for years and is doing a superb job aided and assisted by FIA drivers. Perhaps this is behind their thinking with this initiative.

[ArrowsFA1]

The FIA's been championing road safety for years and is doing a superb job aided and assisted by FIA drivers. Perhaps this is behind their thinking with this initiative.

I'm sure it is - http://www.makeroadssafe.org

[Rusty Spanner]

I fear this would be a slippery slope and is a whole can of worms that is best left unopened. In the end the drivers are individual contractors to the teams. They do not work for the FIA and I don’t really feel it is the FIA place to impose these kinds of restrictions on them. The super licence should be based on whether they physically capable and able to drive an F1 car safely and really very little else. The teams and sponsors will generally impose most of the other requirements.
I suppose the open ended point that the article does not address is really what sort of offense would be sufficient to justify a race ban.

[Big Ben]

I strongly disagree with you.

No driver is responsible for the actions of anyone else. And making a rule so that feeble minded morons might be "protected" is the height of immorality.

The most ridiculous load of bull snot remains the "hooning" nonsense that saw Lewis Hamilton in the dock.

The drivers should turn around to the dratted FIA and tell them what to do. The whole Superlicense rule is nonsense anyway and is a way to excercise control over people.

The FIA is too powerful and now - just like goverment across the world - is beginning to intrude into peoples lives and livelihood.

Thank GOD for the RIGHT to bear arms enshrined in the US Constitution.

Goddam collectivists!

But then again wouldn't you say that it's possible (not that it has ever happened... God forbid) that innocent people died in traffic accident and and it's for them that our governments need to do these things (and I can barely see any other real use for them) I mean only a slow witted man would think that only those stupid enough to do silly things when driving die in car crashes, right?

And it's a good thing from the FIA because it takes a very ugly fact in consideration... that this world is made of many stupid people who would try to do silly things just because their 'idols' did it too... and as I've said above it wouldn't be much if only their lives would be in danger but you might die walking on the side walk because some idiot tried to imitate (unsuccessfully) Hammy boy and I don't want that, I don't want you to die Sainty... not like that. I want you to get older and live the smooth transition to senility, use diapers again, get abandoned by children, sleep all day and all the other stuff that make those golden ages... golden... and be truly relieved when that final moment comes.

[Big Ben]

I don't think Gilles Villeneuve would have been welcomed by the FIA today and I dont think that GV would have WANTED to be part of f1 as it is today with the driver now counting even LESS and all the Public Relations and corporate BS -

After all if you remember prior to the tragedy he had said that he hated the ground effect cars because the driver counted for much less and said that he considered leaving f1 until it all changed.

I don't know what GV did but if he was driving on public roads like he was on a circuit than that's a really stupid behavior.

personally I dont know how Lewis and Jenson stand the demands that McLaren load onto them.

let me give you a subtle hint: an enormous paycheck... there you go, mistery solved

[I am evil Homer]

Yep massive pay check, free watches, free phones....must be a tough life getting all that and doing a job you love.

[AJP]

Yep massive pay check, free watches, free phones....must be a tough life getting all that and doing a job you love.

exactly....