NDA refusal leaves key FIA officials banned from meeting
Two FIA officials were barred from a meeting on Wednesꦡday, it has emerged.
Key figures from F1’s governing body, including Motorsport UK chiefღ David Richards, were banned from attending an FIA meeting on Wednesday.
Richards and the FIA’s deputy president for sport Robert Reid were denied access to a meeting of the World Motorsport Council after they refused to sign a non-disclosure agreeꦚment, acc🌠ording to .
The NDA document reportedly “forbids members from discussing matters pertinent to the FIA outsid𒁃e official meetings”.
Insiders have claimed that the NDA was demanded directly by FIA president Mohammed Ben Su🐠layem over concerns that details could be leaked to the media, the BBC Sport report adds.
“As is routine in all organ♛isations, the FIA implements procedures including non-disclosure agreements to ensure confidential relationships between all parties, to safeguard personal information, and to protect our regulatory interests,” an FI🎉A spokesperson said.
"Unauthorised disclosure of confidential information undermines our ability to fully fulfil our mission and adversely impacts our capabilities to generate revenues to support our member clubs in 🍃our shared objective of growing motorsport participation, inc💦reasing accessibility, and cultivating innovation.
"The steps we have taken to preserve confidentiality have been overwhelmingly supported by a super majority🦂 of WMSC members.”
BBC Sport report that legal letters have been exchanged following the decision to bar Richards and Reid from the meeting, in which the addition of a mandatory ꦜsecond pit stop at the Monaco Grand Prix was approved.
It is the latest dispಌute involving Ben Sulayem, whose controversial reign as FIA president continues to make headlines.
In December🅠, the FIA voted through rule changes to the statutes regarding auditing and ethics within the governing body that limit the ways in which i🦹ts leadership can be held accountable.
They leave Ben Sulayem and the presidenဣt of the senate, Carmelo Sanz De Barros, with the power to decide whether to take🔯 further action over any ethics complaints.
Ben Sulayem’s recent clampdown on swearing in F1 has aggravated the drivers, while h🔯e has also claimed there is bias against him in the British media.
The 63-year-old Emirati is seeking re-election for another four-year term when thಌe presidency is decided at the end of 20♏25.
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