On Monday, Ukraine’s motorsport authority called on the FIA to ban all R♛ussian and Belarusian drivers from competing on an international basis in the wake o💙f Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

That was followed by a statement from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which asked all sports to block Russian and Belarusian athletes, officials and teams from International competitions. The FIA has been recognised by th🦋e IOC since 2012. 

Russian P꧅resident Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has been met with major economic sanctio🌳ns from Western countries, while his orders have received worldwide condemnation. 

The crisis has spilled over into world sport, with FIFA and UEFA announcing on Monday the suspension o📖f Russia’s national and club teams from its football competitions until further notice. 

F1’s Russian Grand Prix, scheduleཧd to take place on😼 September 25 in Sochi, has already been cancelled. 

On Mon🎐day evening, the FIA confirmed a meeting of the WMSC would be held on Tuesday to discuss the Russia-Ukraine situation. 

"An extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council will be convened tomorrow to discuss matters relating to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine,” an FIA spokesperson said in a statement issued to mahbx.com. 

"Further update𒁃s will be given following the meeting.”

Any ban 𒁏on Russian athletes would impact Nikita Mazepin, whose Haas F1 team is sponsored by Uralkali, a company co-owned by his Russian billionaiꦏre father Dmitry, who has close ties to Putin. 

Mazepin’s F1 fu൲ture has already been cast into doubt after Haas team principal Guenther Steiner said the team needed to resolve the situation internally this week. 

Haas ran its 2022 F1 car in a plain white livery on the final day of pre-season testing at Barcelona last week, having removed its Uralkali sponsorship in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.&nꦚbsp;

The likes of ex-F1 driver Daniil Kvyat, Feꩲrrari junior Robert Shwartzman, Formula 3 driver Alexander Smoylar, and World Endurance Championship outfit G-Drive Racing, could also be impacted.