The punishments were laid out based on a sliding scale determined by the FIA’s competition level ... across frozen roads in the dead of night, or through the dust of treacherous gravel tracks ...

The 59-year-old reiterated that the FIA made too big a deal out of the whole situation. It was from someone whose first language is not English. It obviously slipped out of his mouth.

Based in Rochester, England, Simon Head is a veteran sports editor who has covered sports for national and international outlets since 2000, and is one of the longest-tenured MMA journalists in ...