Romain Grosjean backs the stewards over softer penalties

Romain Grosjean supports the idea of Formula 1's race stewards being more relaxed about racing incidents. Grosjean, the director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), said that it would be good for the stewards to be a bit more relaxed, but without it going to extremes. 

"I don't think we want to go crazy, but I think if it's not intentional and you go for an overtaking manoeuvre and you lock up and you touch, then it's not the end of the world," he said to Autosport. 

"If you do a 'Grosjean at Spa 2012' or a '[Nico] Hulkenberg at Spa last year' - OK, it's not intentional, but it's got big consequences so it's got to be penalised. Same as [Sergio] Perez in Singapore [2018].

"But on lap one if you brake a bit late, or what I had in Austin with Charles Leclerc, I felt sorry I spun him, but his race was already dead because he had damage on the front wing and the floor, so I think the consequences were not that bad.

"[That was] a racing incident. His race was compromised, so what do we do? I think we should just say, 'well, it's lap one, everyone wants a position'.

"But we don't want Formula E because I think Formula E has gone a bit too far. But [in F1] if you touch someone your car is broken anyway."

Stewards seem to be accepting that during wheel to wheel racing if a collision occurs then it is just a racing incident and it is not always necessary to blame somebody.