Johnny Herbert has responded to shedding his position as an FIA steward forward of the 2025 F1 season.
The governing physique relieved him of his duties after deeming his punditry work to be “incompatible” with being a steward in F1.
Having retired from the championship as a driver in 2000, after a profession spanning over a decade, Herbert was a daily within the stewards workplace over the previous 15 years, dovetailing the position along with his work as a pundit, primarily for Sky Sports activities F1.
Nonetheless, the 60-year-old has been outspoken on incidents over the previous 12 months. This has caught the ire of Max Verstappen’s father, Jos, specifically. Herbert was vocal about his son’s driving requirements on observe.
Herbert’s twin roles – and now removing from his stewards place – is a part of a large debate surrounding the difficulty inside F1.
As volunteers, the FIA doesn’t pay stewards – save bills – and there are rising requires the position to be a full-time job, one thing that may possible see extra consistency and eradicate the battle of curiosity of stewards needing to hunt work elsewhere in motorsport, like punditry.
Nonetheless, Herbert shared his gratitude when responding to the latest developments on social media app Instagram.
“I am very grateful for the chance of being an FIA Driver Steward and I’ve completely loved the position I’ve been concerned in over time. It’s a troublesome job and there are powerful choices that must be made,” Hebert wrote.
“As Stewards, we now have and can proceed to deal with each drivers and crew personnel with the utmost respect and stay neutral always throughout all F1 Grand Prix weekends.
“Lastly, l’m very grateful to the President and everybody on the FIA for the alternatives that I’ve been given.”
