Johnny Herbert has💫 claimed complaints from “certain people” pushed the FIA ♎to sack him from his role as F1 steward.

Herbert was removed from his ꦏrole as F1 steward for the upcoming 2💮025 season.

The FIA announced in January that it had “mutually agreed” with Herbert to part 🗹w♉ays, pointing towards his role as a pundit as a key reason for the decision.

Herbert was outspoken amid168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen’s aggressive ꦉdriving on track during the 2024 campaign.

Herbert’s criticism irked Jos Verst🅺appen, who questioned the Briton’s comments, given his role as a 🌌steward.

Speaking to&nb🍎sp;, Herbert has suggested that the FI🎀A were swayed by complaints made to the governing body’s president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

“It didn’t come from within the FIA initially. It was all to do with chitter♏ chatter to the FIA that made them change thജeir point of view,” Herbert explained.

“Everything I’d done all year long in 2024 had been discussed and accepted. Two days before I was eventually given the sack over the phone, I’d been told all was ඣgood for 2025. Then it wasn’t.

“I understand how everythಞing came aboutꦇ. But I am not going to point the finger.

“But as I said, there were certain people who did actually speak with the President [of the FIA] and that’s why the president finall🦂y made that decision to get rid of me.”

Herbert: FIA sacking was “upsetting”

Reflecting further🦄 on his dismissal, Herbert admitted it was “upsetting at the time” because he enjoyed the rol🧔e.

He also rejected claims of being “biased”.

“I’m absolutely fine wit🅘h [parting ways with the FIA],” he added. “It was upsetting at the time because I enjoyed it, and I felt that I was doing the best job and with no bias towards anybody.

“I had rules and guidelines that I had to deal with, not on my own, but with three other FI💜A stewards as wel🍎l.

“I don’t think I was doi♊ng anything that was favouring anybody. I only did what I thought was necessary. If it was Lewis, if it was Max, if it was Lando, or any of the drivers on the racetrack.

“I had no bitterness to🌄wards any of those drivers to decide, ‘well I don’t like him, so I’m going to give him a penalty just because.’

“That’s not how it works, and it never will work like that. Tha🦩t’s where I felt that the way it was aimed at me, accusing me of bias,꧅ was absolutely ridiculous.

“But that🎃’s where there has been this continual British bias talk f✨or some reason, and I don’t get it.”