McLaren CEO Zak Brown insists the stewarding system in F1 needs a shake-up and believes full-time officials need to be implemented as soon as possible. The American executive added that McLaren, who won last year’s constructors’ championship,

Brown discussed the stewarding debate at the Autosport Business Exchange: “To have part-time, unpaid stewards in a multi-billion-dollar sport where everything is on the line to make the right call...It is a technical job, and when you get it right, no one says ‘Great job’.

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McLaren chief Zak Brown has made the "unpopular" call for F1 teams to pay for full-time stewards in the wake of Johnny Herbert's sacking.

By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) -McLaren boss Zak Brown called for permanent stewards in Formula One after the governing FIA dropped former racer Johnny Herbert on Wednesday, arguing his work as a media pundit was incompatible with the role.