The International Sporting Code was tweaked ahead of this weekend’s F1 United States Grand Prix,ܫ most notably amending a regulation that hadn’t been touched for 12 years.

It enables FIA stewaღrds to dish out fines to F1 drivers to a maximum of €1m, which ℱhas quadrupled from €250,000 under the latest changes.

Mercedes team principal Wolff said: "There needs to be some deterrent for grave infringements of the regulations.&n꧒bsp;

“But none of that𒀰 was on the radar of anyone, that it would be coming.

"€1m? We need to do a reality check with real life, whether ไthat is an adequate fine or not. 

“I don't think we've ever fined a driver €250,000, so raising the ceiling is somet🎐hing that one needs to understand where it comes from.

"We don't want to portray Formula 1 out there in the world where 🥃it's tough enough, to give drivers fines of €1m. 

“I 🐼think half of the grid wouldn't be able to pay them. 

“I don't think it is ade♉quate, considering. I don't think we should be playing around with those numbers that seem very surreal🍌 to people who are watching us."

Mercedes’ George Russell previously said: "I think it's pretty🧸 ridiculous that a driver could be fined €1m.

"In my first year of Formula 1 I was on a five-figure salary. I actually lost over six figures in🦋 that first year from p꧅aying for my trainer, paying for flights, paying for an assistant. 

“That's probably the ca✅se for 25 percent of the grid.

"We're♛ doing what we love, so we're not complaining about that. 

“But if you take a year-one driver who probably by the end of the year is losing over €100,000 because of the in෴vestments he has to make, [then] you fine them €1m. What's going to happen?"