![]() ![]() ![]() There has been widespread dissatisfaction within F1 this year about the way the governing body has administered the sport.Īnd the actions of race directors Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas have been under scrutiny after a series of incidents and interventions that have angered drivers and teams.īen Sulayem said that he was in a "restructuring" process. We listened to them and came up with the amendment that was effected in Belgium." Addressing issues with race control The FIA has said it made mistakes in the deployment of a recovery vehicle on track during the Japanese Grand Prix in October "The issue we had, we did a thorough report and it was on the FIA website before the next race after consultation," Ben Sulayem said. ![]() Japan led to a report that said only one of the two race directors who have been rotating the role this year would fill the position until the end of the season.Īnd the FIA introduced a measurement for the level of bouncing as well as other rule changes aimed at addressing it before the second half of the season. He pointed to the controversy at the Japanese Grand Prix over the deployment of a recovery vehicle on track in heavy rain and poor visibility, and his intervention to address the dangerous "bouncing" or porpoising of some cars earlier this year that was affecting driver health. There have been criticisms that the report did not satisfactorily address what went wrong in Abu Dhabi.īen Sulayem said: "Maybe the report was not enough but it was a good attempt at the transparency and now you see every time we have an issue, transparency." The FIA later fired Masi and issued a report into the race that was published at the start of this season. The Abu Dhabi report Verstappen passed Hamilton on the last lap in Abu Dhabi to take his maiden world title amid huge controversy last seasonīen Sulayem became FIA president a matter of days after former race director Michael Masi failed to apply the rules correctly in last year's title decider in Abu Dhabi, after which Lewis Hamilton lost the race win and the world title to Verstappen. ![]() Formula 1 launches all-female championship.Ricciardo set for Red Bull third driver role next season.Verstappen fastest in Abu Dhabi second practice.Red Bull are considered unlikely to volunteer any information on the matter as it would further disrupt team harmony, which has already been badly affected by the row in Brazil. On Thursday, Perez described the claim as "speculation" and "rumours", adding: "That rumour is wrong."į1 rules forbid unsporting actions, and leave the FIA a range of options in terms of punishment if it discovers them. Verstappen has not publicly revealed his reasons for refusing an order to let team-mate Perez by for sixth place at Interlagos last Sunday.īut multiple sources have said that the Dutchman believes Perez deliberately crashed on his final qualifying run in Monaco in May, preventing Verstappen from improving and taking a place on the front row of the grid.Īs it was, Perez qualified third ahead of Verstappen and went on to win the race after Ferrari made a strategy error with race leader Charles Leclerc. I am not shy or afraid of going into it."īen Sulayem added that he would speak to world champion Max Verstappen about the matter. "But if there is something to be investigated, we are more than happy. FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said: "I didn't have anyone who said we want to investigate it from our side. ![]()
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