Overview

• The FIA suspended Warwick from driver steward duties for the Canadian Grand Prix after he publicly commented on drivers and endorsed Max Verstappen’s penalty from the Spanish GP.
• Enrique Bernoldi has taken over stewarding responsibilities and will officiate from the Remote Operations Centre in Geneva for the Montreal round.
• Warwick acknowledged his remarks were ill-advised, issued an apology, and is scheduled to oversee stewards again in Austria.
• This latest suspension follows Johnny Herbert’s January removal and underscores the lack of FIA guidelines on stewards’ media engagements.
• Key figures like George Russell judged a one-race ban appropriate, while Nico Rosberg and others have argued that stewards deserve formal compensation for their challenging roles.