The Mercedes driver has spearheaded the call for the FIA to employ a body of stewards to improve consistency in its decision-making
George Russell reckons it is time the FIA has full-time employed, professional race stewards to improve consistency and help drivers interpret the guidelines.
It comes after explosive races at the US GP in Austin and especially the Mexican Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen was issued with two 10-second time penalties.
Verstappen was penalised for forcing title rival Lando Norris wide at Turn 4 and leaving the track and gaining an advantage at Turn 7 in Mexico City.
The world champion contested both decisions while, ahead of this weekend's Brazil Grand Prix, Norris said he felt that "deep down" Verstappen knew the manoeuvre was wrong.
It has reopened the interpretations of F1's loosely-worded rulebook and Russell, who is a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, says that while he does not believe the rulebook needs ripping up, it does now require a stable body of race officials to improve the consistency of the penalties being dished out.
Russell said: "On a personal view, not a view of the collective, I don't think it [the rulebook] needs ripping up at all. It just needs some fine adjustments or a small addition. It's all pretty clear.
