Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s ‘detrimental' involvement could prompt F1 breakaway from FIA
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The BBC’s report details that F1 teams have “viewed a serie🐭s of incidents in reꦆcent months as having a direct link to Ben Sulayem”.
These are thought to include the decision to re-investigate Lewis Hamilton for crossing a live track at the Qatar Grand Prix, as well as the summoning of Mercedes and Ferrar🦩i team principals Toto Wolff and Fred Vasseur for bad-tempered exchanges during a press conference at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Ben Sulayem, who was elected as FIA president in December 2021, stepped back from overseeing F1 in a day-to-day capacity earlier this year after☂ finding himself at the centre of several controversies.
He still remains involved in strategic matters and top-🎃level decision making.
The 62-year♏-old Emirati's very public stance on the possible entry of new teams and the potential sale of the sport’s commercial rights particularly irked F1 bosses.
Relations between F1 and the FIA appe🐼ared to be improving in recent months but the BBC was told by “a number of sources” at last month’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that a possible breakaway could be back on the cards if Ben Sulayem continued to act𓄧 in the same manner.
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The FIA announced an investigation into the accusations which have been 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:vehemently refuted by both F1 and Mercedes.
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