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Whitmarsh backs penalty plans
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has given FIA race director Charlie Whiting's plan to introduce a penalty points system the thumbs up.
Repeat offenders are rarely hit hard by the FIA as a 10-place grid penalty is usually the norm for a driver who has received three reprimands over the course of a season. Lotus' Romain Grosjean's one-race ban earlier this year for repeat incidents was the exception rather than the rule.
Whiting, though, is now considering applying points to a drivers' superlicence for a range of offences, similar to a normal road licence and once a driver hits a particular tally, it would lead to one-race suspension.
"We would like to see a system similar to...
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