STEVE Stringwell is looking forward to keeping the stars of Formula One in order this weekend.

The Otley driving instructor has been appointed as one of the three race stewards for the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal on Sunday.

Stringwell will be officiating at his fifth Grand Prix and could be in for a busy time in the seventh race on this year's calendar.

Montreal has a reputation for producing dramatic and eventful races so the experience Stringwell has gained at Melbourne 2012, Delhi 2013, and Abu Dhabi 2014 and 2015 will stand him in good stead.

Stringwell, who has earned the nickname "Judge Dredd" as one of Britain's top motor racing officials, flew to Montreal on Tuesday, just 48 hours after officiating at Oulton Park in the British Touring Cars Championship.

Speaking from Amsterdam's Schiphol, Airport on his way to Canada, Stringwell said: "You never know what to expect.

"In race control you have a huge bank of screens and you haver access to masses of data so that you can analyse incidents when they arise.

“You must not let personalities interfere with your job which is to ensure that you follow the letter of the law.

“As a steward you have to look at all the evidence and then make a ruling based upon the regulations. Away from the track I am a magistrate and the same applies there.

“It isn’t about making popular decision, but it is all about making the right decision. That is what I try to do when I am officiating at races. "

Stringwell certainly isn't afraid of punishing the top stars. At India in 2013 he was one of the three race stewards who were dubbed as “party poopers” after issuing a reprimand to Sebastian Vettel for the way the German celebrated the victory which sealed his fourth-successive world title.

After taking the chequered flag at the Buddh International Circuit Vettel slowed to a stop on the start/finish straight before spinning his Red Bull round and round in a cloud of tyre smoke.

The 26-year-old then leapt from the cockpit of his car and bowed to the ecstatic fans before punching the air in delight.

He was given an official reprimand while his Red Bull team were fined £21,000 for Vettel not going straight to parc ferme at the end of the race.