FIA Thread

[FW17]

FIA formally opens process for new F1 teams to join the grid.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia- ... /10427257/

At least some good news

[PlatinumZealot]

I don't like how people are attacking Ben. He's a good, straight forward guy by what he's done so far.

[diffuser]

I don't like how people are attacking Ben. He's a good, straight forward guy by what he's done so far.

Todt came from the FOM, so did Mosley before him. You probably have to go back to Jean-Marie Balestre (1993), when F1 was a completley different beast to what it is now, to find a FIA president that hadn't sat on the FOM side prior to becoming the FIA pres. The FOM guys are accustom to having a FIA pres with the same point of views as them.

There is also where Ben comes from. It makes him a target from the not too liberal amoung us.

[wogx]

He's also a target for the liberal ones ("I don't like women who think they’re smarter than...")

[diffuser]

He's also a target for the liberal ones ("I don't like women who think they’re smarter than...")

That was 20 years ago.

[dans79]

He's also a target for the liberal ones ("I don't like women who think they’re smarter than...")

That was 20 years ago.

When he was 41 years old, so it's not like you can write it off as some dumb thing said by a kid!

[johnny comelately]

He's also a target for the liberal ones ("I don't like women who think they’re smarter than...")

That was 20 years ago.

Not wanting to be political, but how does anyone know what his current attitude is?
PR will certainly be the blinding light.

Only behind closed doors...

[diffuser]

He's also a target for the liberal ones ("I don't like women who think they’re smarter than...")

That was 20 years ago.

When he was 41 years old, so it's not like you can write it off as some dumb thing said by a kid!

Right but 20 years ago, statements like that were common place. You're appling today's social standards to something that was said twenty years ago.

[DDopey]

That was 20 years ago.

When he was 41 years old, so it's not like you can write it off as some dumb thing said by a kid!

Right but 20 years ago, statements like that were common place. You're appling today's social standards to something that was said twenty years ago.

Ehm, not, those type of comments were not accepted back then either. At least, not in mine environment.

[johnny comelately]

When he was 41 years old, so it's not like you can write it off as some dumb thing said by a kid!

Right but 20 years ago, statements like that were common place. You're appling today's social standards to something that was said twenty years ago.

Ehm, not, those type of comments were not accepted back then either. At least, not in mine environment.

Well said.

[diffuser]

When he was 41 years old, so it's not like you can write it off as some dumb thing said by a kid!

Right but 20 years ago, statements like that were common place. You're appling today's social standards to something that was said twenty years ago.

Ehm, not, those type of comments were not accepted back then either. At least, not in mine environment.

Remember he said he didn't like women that thought they were smarter than men. That different to not liking women who think they're men's equals or who actually are smarter. There is a nuance there.

[FW17]

In case someone is interested in the only publicly available copy of the Concord agreement.

https://www.formula1-dictionary.net/Big ... acefax.pdf

[johnny comelately]

Any truth to this?:
'Ben Sulayem steps back from F1 and passes baton to Tombazis'

[wogx]

Who is Mohammed Ben Sulayem? Everything you need to know about the FIA president

[...]

Where was Mohammed Ben Sulayem born?
Ben Sulayem was born on 12 November 1961 in Dubai in what was then known as the Trucial States, but is now part of the United Arab Emirates.

He was born into a wealthy family and his brother Sultan Ahmed is chairman of Dubai Port World and a real estate developer.

"Ben Sulayem steps back from F1 and passes baton to Tombazis"

[diffuser]

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has sent a letter to F1 team bosses in which he has decided to relinquish the hands-on running of the governing body. Sulayem, who was elected the president of F1's governing body in December 2021, and quickly outlined a plan to restructure the FIA's F1 operations.2 hours ago


But the 61-year-old Emirati will now only concentrate on "strategic matters" going forward, with director of single-seater racing Nikolas Tombazis taking over the "day-to-day" running


sounds like he's putting someone between him and FOM...

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433 ... perations.