FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has once again taken aim at the way he is portrayed within F1 media.

Ben Sulayem has reiterated that he feels he has ൲been unfairly criticised by sections o🤡f the media while speaking at the Dakar rally in Saudi Arabia.

In a seemingly unprompted rant,🔴 the 63-year-old Emiriti, whose governance of F1 has faced heavy criticism,𝓰 said, as quoted by Autosport: “Three years of critics against me. Do I care? Was I elected to listen to the media? No. 

“I like the good media, the positive media and maybe I make a mistake, and you ca🐬n come and criticise me i🍌n an objective way.”

Ben Sulayem, who has found himself at the centre of several controversie🌳s since being ap📖pointed FIA president in December 2021, stressed he has faced “unfair” treatment.

He also made a strange comment dir🐠ected at the British Grand Prix being sponsor𝓰ed by Qatar Airways.

“Unfair. But the world is ♎unfair. Saudi Arabia has reinvested a lot,” he told reporte﷽rs in Saudi Arabia.

“You look at some of the British media and th🐬ey go against Saudi Arabia or me. But one thing I would say, go on and see the British Grand Prix.

“Is it the British Grand Prix? No, it is the Qatar Airways British Grand Prix. Please, y🍸ou remove the budget, you remove the﷽ money.”

Ben Sulayem’s previous press comments

In an interview with Autosport at last year’s Azerba𓃲ijan Grand Prix, Ben Sulayem took aim 🌞at the apparent bias which exists within the British press.

He was speaking after former Red Bu꧋ll designer Adrian Newey told the High Performance podcast that both Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel had been unfairly treated by the Britꦬish media.

Ben Sulayem agreed with Newey’s stance, saying: "I respect Max [Verstappen] because I'm a driver. I was a champion⛦ and I respect winners and champions," he said.

"I see he had h🐭is share [of mistreatment], but let's talk about me. If you look at the British media and what they did to me… For God's sake, they convicted me.

“They didn't accuse me [of anything], but they keep on [going]. And do I care? No. Why? Be🍎cause what are they after? They are after selling and getting more coverage for them[selves]. Of course, yes.

"But they have no power over me and over the FIA.

"With due re♏spect to the British media or any other media, they don't have a vote. We are an independent, democratic federation. It's the 🌜world of membership that elected me. The power is with the General Assembly, not with them.

"And you know what? Can we just stop this nonsense and go back to business and do what is better for the sport? If you can🌟? I'm askin𝔉g. If they [the media] don’t want to do that, it’s up to them.

"But life goes on. You know what they did to me? They made me stron𓆉ger. I'm more careful now and more wise.

"And I have the support [of the member clubs]. 🌄And if and when the members decide that it’s time to change me as president, it's their call.

"🎉At the end of the day, who put me there? It's the General Assembly, it's the members. I'm very, very clear with this. And if they don't like it, it's up to them."