FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is finding himself in more and more controversy as the days pass, with the re-emergence of sexist comments being the latest thing to land the 61-year-old in hot water. Ben Sulayem was already being criticised for ignoring a letter from a Liberal Democrat life peer and commenting on the financial
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The FIA have been accused of targeting Lewis Hamilton with their most recent rule change, which will see political gestures forbidden unless they have been approved by the FIA. Hamilton often uses his fame and exposure to campaign against important issues in the world such as inequality and racism. The Brit wore a t-shirt to
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has found himself embroiled in a lot of controversy recently, as his comments online have not been well received by the public. Firstly, the 61-year-old backed the Andretti-Cadillac project, despite F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali’s adamance that there were no plans to destabilise the sport by expanding the current grid. The
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is in a lot of hot water at the moment, with every comment he makes currently causing controversy. First, the FIA president took to Twitter to defend the Andretti-Cadillac project, despite the fact that F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has been very clear about his unwillingness to expand the size of
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After a heated couple of weeks for Formula 1 and the FIA, things are reportedly getting no better between the two ahead of the 2023 season, with the duo now arguing over yet another topic. The governing body certainly isn’t in the sport’s good books as it stands, after FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem labelled the rejected $20
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Formula 1 chief technical officer Pat Symonds has agreed with comments made by new Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur, with the Frenchman having called for a crucial change to be made to the current budget cap system. The budget cap was introduced in 2021 to limit how much a team could spend on development and
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has hit out at the FIA for making a “clearly wrong” decision in banning drivers from using their platform to show support and raise awareness for campaigns and communities, with the Austrian hailing F1 drivers as “responsible citizens”. Following the 2022 season, the FIA made a huge update to
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Ex-Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has shared his views on the controversial update to the FIA’s International Sporting Code (ISC), with drivers having been effectively banned from supporting any campaign or community during a Grand Prix weekend. Over recent years, it has become the norm to see the likes of Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton
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The FIA has introduced a number of initiatives in recent years in an attempt to achieve equality in motorsport, with females in particular benefiting from these changes. The likes of Jamie Chadwick have proven that once given the opportunity, females are more than capable of performing to high standards in various motorsport categories. The mission
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Tensions between Formula 1 bosses and the FIA are continuing to grow, to the extent where German journalist Ralph Bach has claimed via Sport1.de that Liberty Media are eager for Mohammed Ben Sulayem to be axed as FIA president. It’s been a testing few weeks for Ben Sulayem, who seemingly isn’t in F1 bosses’ good
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