F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali says recent errors “shouldn’t happen” and FIA "must deliver”
Awkwardness be💯tween F1 and its governing body the FIA are high as the 2023 season𒀰 edges closer, with Ben Sulayem’s role at the heart of the tension.
Ben Sulayem will step back from the day-to-day running of the FIA after he wrote a dramatic letter to F1 🍷🍰team principals.
The FIA president's controversies include:
The time it took to sort the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix enquiry
The time it took to deal wit💧h the F1 cost cap saga
Releasing the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 2023 calendar without telling F1’s rights holder
A perceived fixation about 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton's jewellery
Full points confusion in Japan
Speaking out about the ‘lukewarm’ respons𒈔e to An🍰dretti’s F1 bid
Talking about the value of F1 itself
Domenicali has now told Sky: “These things ꦍshouldn’t happen. For the benefit of the sport, everyone needs to do their own job.
“The credibility of o﷽ur brand is related to everyone 🐟doing the perfect job in the role that they have.”
Domenicali said about Ben Sulayem’s presidency: “It is normal for a new president, that he has a manifesto to respect. Because that was hꦯis proposition in front of the members who voted him in.
“There is a need for ꦆtime to adjust, to assess th🅠e right role within the FIA.
“It is no secret to say that the key to🍬 ꦏsuccess is for everyone to do their own job, in the right way, to benefit the growth of the sport.
“Anyౠthing that is not helpful? There is no need to comment. Our interest is to make sure the sport is growing.
“We do our job as the commercial rights holder.🔴 The teams do their job. The sam𒅌e for the FIA who have had one year to develop, grow, work on a new team. They must deliver the job.
“We all have our credibility on this. If someone is not dဣoing 𒐪the right job? It is a problem.”
Domenicali said about the letter that Ben Sulayem sent to F1 team bosses to announce h✃is stepping-back from day-to-day running of the FIA: “We discussed it with Mohammed. He is the president. It is a big role.
“His action will be to stay connected to the♎ strategy, as it should be,෴ and people will run the day-to-day.”
Ben Sulayem 𒅌sent tweets to downplay the value of F1 after reports that Saudi Arabia had bid to buy it. This angered💞 F1 owners Liberty Media who sent him a letter.
“I💛t was important to clarify the role, for each of us,” Domenicali said.
“There i𓆉s no more to comment. We stay focused on what we believe is right for the growth of the sport.
“This was news that is not ꦏnews! If the sport grows we should all be happy.”
Domenicali describes the role of the FIA within F1: “In the 100-year agreement they are the regulator.ꦑ Together, they shape the sport with us.
“I dဣon’t want to fight. If this is the approach, it is wrong. I have a bigger picture. I don’t have an ego.
“I will never be involved in any punching inside the scrum! It is not my role. I am b﷽igger than that.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, 🍨to football, t♏o F1.
