Johnny Herbert will not function an F1 driver steward from the 2025 season, the FIA has introduced.
F1’s governing physique mentioned the 2 events had “mutually agreed” that the position Herbert – who gained three Grand Prix throughout a 160-race profession between 1989 and 2000 – fulfilled when serving as a steward at F1 occasions was “incompatible” together with his work within the media.
“It is with regret that we announce today that Johnny Herbert will no longer fulfil the position of F1 driver steward for the FIA,” learn the assertion.
“Johnny is widely respected and brought invaluable experience and expertise to his role.
“Nevertheless, after dialogue, it was mutually agreed that his duties as an FIA steward and that of a media pundit have been incompatible. We thank him for his service and want him nicely in his future endeavours.”
The previous driver offered his opinions on F1 within the media by way of varied retailers through the 2024 season, together with his views on Max Verstappen’s controversial driving eventually October’s Mexico Metropolis that includes in a column for a betting web site after that race.
Herbert had been on the four-person stewards’ panel who handed Verstappen two 10-second time penalties in Mexico for clashes with title rival Lando Norris.
Each Verstappen and his father Jos subsequently hit again at Herbert’s vital opinions, with the latter utilizing a subsequent column to defend his proper to precise his views within the media and state that his opinions have been separate from his work in an expert capability as a former driver for the FIA.
F1’s rotating four-person stewards panel at grands prix has included one former driver since 2010. Herbert final appeared at November’s Sao Paulo GP.
