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Sauber boss Jonathan Wheatley defends FIA stewards after criticism from Red Bull counterpart Christian Horner.
Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley defended the FIA stewards in response to Red Bull boss Christian Horner’s criticism at the F1 Spanish Grand Prix. Horner questioned the stewards’ decision to penalize Max Verstappen for a collision with George Russell during the race. The FIA’s documents revealed that the stewards considered Russell at fault for the incident. Horner suggested that more immediate judgments from the race director could help teams avoid confusion over steward decisions. Wheatley, a former colleague of Horner, backed the FIA’s stewarding process and emphasized the importance of teams making their own decisions during races. He commended the professionalism of F1 teams in handling on-track incidents and expressed his confidence in the current stewarding system.
