FIA issue statement over Mohammed Ben Sulayem race interference allegations

The FIA have issued a statement following allegations against their president, Mohammed Ben💜 Sulayeওm.

(L to R): Dieter Rencken (RSA) Motorsport Adviser to FIA President with Mohammed Bin Sulayem (UAE) FIA President. Formula
(L to R): Dieter Rencken (RSA) Motorsport Adviser to FIA President with Mohammed Bin Sulayem …

F1’s governing body - the FIA - have issuꦐed a statement responding to allegations surrounding president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, revealing that a report does exist.

The reported earlier this week that Ben Sulayem had allegedly 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:interfered with the race result of the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso had been hit with a 10-second time penalty.

Ben Sulayem allegedly intervened to try and get Alonso’s penalty overturne♏d to ensure the Aston Martin driver remained on the podium.

24 hours later, a second set of allegations emerged, this time around 🐼the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

The sam👍e whistleblower who made the claim about Ben Sulayem’s involvement in the Saudi Arabia 🐼result said that the FIA president allegedly instructed officials not to certify the new Las Vegas GP circuit.

By not certifying it, it would mean that the FIA deemed it not safe to race♈ on and F1’s glamorous event in Aꦗmerica wouldn’t have been able to go ahead.

On T🤡uesday evening, the FIA issued the following statement, confirming that a r🦩eport “detailing potential allegations” does exist.

“FIA confirms that the Compliance Officer has received a report detailing potential allegations involving certain members of its governing bodi♒es,” it read.

“The Compliance Department isꦦ assessing these concerns, as is common practice in these matters, to ensure that due process is meticulously followed.”

Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 2, Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Jeddah,
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 2, Saudi…

Alonso's penalty was ul🍌timatelꦍy removed after Aston Martin's right of review was accepted.

The Spaniard was awarded a penalty after it was deemed that the mechanics were working on﷽ his car while serving his five-second time - 🌊which is against the rules.

But it was o🐻verturned, with the stewards noting: “There was no clear agreement, as was suggested to the Stewards previously, that could be relied upon to determine that parties had agreed that a jack touching a car would amount to working on the car. In the circumstances, we𝔉 considered that our original decision to impose a penalty on Car 14 needed to be reversed and we did so accordingly.”

What does the report say? 

The BBC have s🐻een the aforementioned report and noted the following claims from it, with regards to the Las Vegas GP.

The report notes: “[The manager}𓃲, who o𒀰n behest of the FIA president instructed him to find some concerns to prevent the FIA from certifying the circuit before the weekend of the race".

It adds: "The purpose was to find fault with the track in order to withhold the licence" and "asked to be more specific, [the whistleblower] said that issues on the𒐪 circuit were meant to be artificially identified regardless of their actual existence, with the ultimate goal of withholding the licence."

The Las Veg🐻as GP went ahead as scheduled, although the first day of running was curtailed by a loose drain hole cover.

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