George Russell has provided a scathing reaction of the FIA’s decision to increase the maximum penalties that F1 drivers could be issued to €1m.
has provided a scathing reaction of the FIA’s decision to increase the maximum penalties that F1 drivers could be issued to €1m.
"In my first year of Formula 1 I was on a five-figure salary. I actually lost over six figures in that first year from paying for my trainer, paying for flights, paying for an assistant.“But if you take a year-one driver who probably by the end of the year is losing over €100,000 because of the investments he has to make, you fine them €1m. What's going to happen?"
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