Why new FIA threat to ban F1 drivers is so controversial
Added 2025-01-24 17:41:19 +0000 UTCA new F1 season inevitably means a new controversy involving FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem - this time exposed by new guidelines that mean a driver could be banned or deducted championship points for “misconduct”.
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Are we likely to see teams or drivers make an active stand against this in the 2025 season? Surely letting this go is just another step towards total submission and acceptance. Perhaps all drivers should agree to simply not take part in any FIA media sessions until it's revised, otherwise known as the Verstappen-approach.
Ollie Barker
2025-01-27 09:20:14 +0000 UTCEveryone keeps bringing up ditching the FIA as a possibility, but the FIA affords all the recent safety advances of the modern era. Isn't that one example of a critical function that the teams splitting off into a new series alone couldn't begin to match? I want rid of MBS as much as anyone, but I'm not sure breaking away from the FIA is a realistic way to go about I t.
Scott
2025-01-25 19:30:53 +0000 UTCUtter Cowardice of MBS!!
Xerxes Balsara
2025-01-25 14:29:07 +0000 UTCThis is insane. The fans and drivers will be cheering the removal and destruction of the FIA soon at this rate.
Olly Wright
2025-01-24 21:57:26 +0000 UTCTrump, Musk, MBS, another fragile, thin skinned beta male bolstering his ego by acting tough. Pathetic.
Daniel Ruff
2025-01-24 21:20:44 +0000 UTCMBS should just bugger off. Nobody is interested in his hypocrisy. I guess so many viewers would be delighted in having again more characters the likes of Alesi, Berger, Hunt. Even Lauda was until the end no man sorrows
Helmut Gaishauser
2025-01-24 20:00:30 +0000 UTCWhen / where does the swearing have to occur to incur these penalties? I recall Max said as little as possible in some official F1 press conferences, but then spoke to media in the paddock. Presumable these new rules cover swearing and other statements on team radio while driving, albeit stewards having some discretion based on circumstances.
Simon
2025-01-24 18:44:00 +0000 UTCI wonder how long it'll be before the media passes have a similar "no moral injury to the FIA" clause.
Simon Emms
2025-01-24 18:29:38 +0000 UTC
