Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has questioned if a country “culturally different” to where the bulk of the races take place would be the right move for the future ownership of Formula 1, following the recent offer by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. It was reported on Bloomberg last week that current F1 owners
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has questioned how suitable it would be for prospective Formula 1 owners to be based in a nation “culturally different” to the vast majority of the calendar, following a reported bid by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. It was reported by Bloomberg last week that current F1 owners Liberty
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has questioned “how on Earth” could Formula 1 say no to Andretti and General Motors’ bid to join the grid in 2026, with the American duo having seemingly completed the governing body’s checklist. Ben Sulayem has been a vocal and public supporter of Michael Andretti’s bid to enter a new
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem remained firmly in the spotlight over the weekend, after sexist comments made by the president resurfaced online, to the disgrace of many in the motorsport community. It’s been a difficult week or so for Ben Sulayem, with tensions between the FIA and F1 being at an all-time low, after he publicly backed Andretti-Cadillac’s
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The value of Formula 1 continues to increase year after year, as the sport continues to grow and spread all over the world. Since Liberty Media purchased Formula 1 in 2017 for £6.4bn, Netflix’s ‘Drive to Survive’ has seen the audience for the sport grow in regions such as the USA, who previously preferred IndyCar
MoreFIA steward Emmanuele Pirro has questioned FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s intent on sticking with two race directors for 2023, after admitting that the system simply “cannot work”. Several drivers hit out at the FIA last season for the inconsistency seen by race direction, with Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas having shared the role. Whilst
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has called on the FIA, Formula 1 bosses and the teams to sit down and have a “sensible conversation”, with tensions continuing to build between the pinnacle of motorsport and its governing body. The FIA haven’t been in Formula 1’s good books as of late, with FIA president Mohammed Ben
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem cannot seem to keep himself out of hot water at the moment, with the 61-year-old’s Twitter activity in particular getting him in trouble. Ben Sulayem has recently been commenting about his views on the Andretti-Cadillac project as well as Saudi Arabia’s £20bn bid to take over Formula 1. These comments
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The efforts from Andretti Global to join the Formula 1 grid have been swiftly rejected by F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali in the past, with his reasoning being that the current ten team model is perfectly stable. The team have since partnered with American car giants General Motors to form Andretti-Cadillac, a much more appealing project
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It seems as if FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem cannot stay away from controversy at the moment, with his activity on Twitter in particular becoming a talking point. The 61-year-old has gone against F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali by entertaining the Andretti-Cadillac project, which would see the current F1 grid expand to welcome the new team.
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