F1 teams may boycott races if penalties for US fiasco are excessive

FORMULA One teams could boycott future races if they get severe penalties for their role in the US Grand Prix fiasco, warned Minardi boss Paul Stoddart yesterday.

Stoddart said it would be wrong for F1’s governing body the FIA to hand out “draconian bans” to the seven teams at tomorrow’s disciplinary hearing.

“Would we race after a (heavy) penalty? I think we’d have a meeting and you wouldn’t guarantee it,” said Stoddart.