The relationship between Formula 1 and the FIA is currently fractured, as both parties disagree with each other over the idea of expanding the grid. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has previously shut down Michael Andretti’s plan to join the grid with Andretti Global, claiming that the sport is currently stable and therefore adding another team
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When Mohammed Ben Sulayem was appointed the new president of the FIA at the end of 2021, he was handed the task of cleaning up the mess of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Then race director Michael Masi allowed only the cars in between championship contenders Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen to unlap themselves,
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With Mercedes having won every championship since 2014 going into the 2021 season, the FIA decided that they would need to intervene to prevent the gap between the bigger teams and the smaller teams becoming too large. A budget cap of $145m was introduced in 2021 in order to prevent the bigger teams such as
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Formula 1 drivers and the FIA are set to clash once again, with the governing body having gone against feedback from GDPA director George Russell, who shared the drivers’ wish for one race director, not two as seen last season. The drivers’ wish has been crushed by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who has confirmed
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After Michael Masi was sacked in 2021 following the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem decided to split the race director role between two alternating officials. Eduardo Freitas and Niels Wittich will both be replaced after only a year in the role after catastrophic errors from both race directors last season.
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Mercedes driver and GPDA director George Russell has called upon the FIA to “reconsider” the current penalty points system, with some drivers having received points during 2022 for things that didn’t really warrant a punishment. The calls for the system to be changed come as a result of Pierre Gasly being just two points away from receiving a race
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Michael Andretti’s bid to join the Formula 1 grid has been on the backburners for a while now, after it was claimed by Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali that he would not be looking to expand the current grid of ten teams in the near future. Despite Domenicali’s claims, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has
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A number of Formula 1 bosses have suggested potential solutions of how the sport could deal with drivers who cause “red flags or yellow flags” during qualifying, with McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown calling for lap-times to be deleted. The calls for drivers to be punished for significant qualifying errors comes after suggestions that Sergio
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Michael Andretti’s attempt to finally get Andretti Global on the Formula 1 grid has been met with a mixed response, from both F1 and the FIA president. After failing to purchase the current Sauber team last season, Andretti has worked relentlessly to get a proposal in place to get an actual Andretti team on the grid, with
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Formula 1’s chief technical officer Pat Symonds believes the FIA “overreacted” after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, when the governing body took swift action after Lewis Hamilton was seen suffering from considerable spinal pain. The first half of Mercedes’ 2022 season was ridiculed by the porpoising phenomena, with the W13 having bounced along the circuit when travelling at high speeds.
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