The World Rally Championship (WRC) drivers have hit out at the FIA over its newly introduced swearing ban, calling it an “unrealistic” rule that could lead to “unacceptable” penalties. The new regulation, which aims to curb profanity in official broadcasts and media interactions, has been met with criticism from some of the sport’s top names,
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The FIA has stressed that they will continue “engaging in dialogue” with Formula One Management (FOM), following their rejection of Andretti’s application to become an 11th F1 team as soon as 2025. Andretti had received approval from the FIA to be considered by FOM, after they passed a strenuous process to prove that they can
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has recently discussed the controversial 2021 season finale, where Michael Masi’s actions as race director determined who’d become World Champion. At the time of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Ben Sulayem had just won the election to take over from Jean Todt as FIA president. Given what happened at
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has remarkably claimed that he’s being attacked, and that he knows “who attacks me”. It’s been a troubling few months for the FIA president which has resulted in uncertainty over his leadership, especially after a third senior figure – Tim Goss – departed this week, as reported by BBC Sport.
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The FIA are keen to avoid a team having a superior power unit in 2026, when the new engine regulations are introduced. Effectively, the governing body don’t want a repeat of what happened when the engines were last significantly changed in 2014, when the turbo-hybrid era was introduced. Mercedes entered the turbo-hybrid era with an
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It’s been reported by BBC Sport that the FIA have lost a third senior figure in just a matter of weeks, with single-seater technical director Tim Goss having departed. Goss has followed sporting director Steve Nielsen and head of the FIA’s commission for women, Deborah Mayer, out of the exit door at the governing body.
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Max Verstappen has admitted that the constant changes being made to the Formula 1 format has made the sport “like a circus”, whilst he’s also made a suggestion on how to avoid drivers being disqualified during Sprint weekends. The three-time World Champion has been against Sprint weekends ever since the concept was initially discussed, with
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According to the BBC, Steve Nielsen has sensationally quit as the FIA’s sporting director, less than 12 months on from accepting the role. Nielsen became the FIA’s sporting director in January this year but has abandoned the position due to reportedly becoming “unhappy”. Reportedly, changes to race operations that were suggested by Nielsen were not
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Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has blasted the FIA for how they dealt with the recent saga involving Toto Wolff and Susie Wolff, with the latter having faced allegations of giving the Mercedes team principal “confidential” information. The FIA recently sent out a statement based on “media speculation” and a report from one publication, which
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Lewis Hamilton sent a brutal message to the FIA last Friday, by leaving his award for finishing third in the 2023 Formula 1 standings at the end-of-season prize giving gala. After ditching the gala in 2021 following the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that year, it was pondered by many if Hamilton would even attend
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