Confrontation continues between FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayemand the grill Formula 1. This 2024 season, the drivers have raised their voices and expressed their annoyances to the FIA and the stewards. The relationship between them is worse than before and Mohammed Ben Sulayem exploded against the pilots’ claims.
George Russellthe president of GPD (Grand Prix Drivers Association) stood up for the rest of his colleagues on several occasions in press conferences, although all of them were not afraid to show their dissatisfaction with the highest body responsible for the competition.
Last November, the GPD He opened his own profile on social networks to launch his statements. The first is related to the censorship of insults and swearing FIA. They asked the federation to understand them when they shout things on the radio, with a high level of adrenaline in their bodies, and that they cannot appreciate all curses equally. They cite cases of Leclerc and Verstappenwhich is not addressed to anyone.
This message questioned the destination of the money received for the sanctions of FIA and, months later, Ben Sulayem He doesn’t want to be silent. “The pilots would talk and then say, ‘Where are you putting the money? Why don’t we do this?’ But I don’t say: ‘Oh, sorry, what about you? Pilots receive more than 100 million dollars. Do I ask them what they spend? No, it depends on them. They are within their rights.” The president didn’t leave it there and continued to denounce the pilots’ complaints. “I’m not the only one saying it’s none of his business. We do what we do with our money. This is our business. The same goes for them and their money. “It’s your business.”
On the other hand, he responded to complaints about the stewards who have been in the spotlight all season. Their decisions are questioned and there is no set standard in some cases. George Russell proposed to hire permanent people, that they should be trained to have that important role, but Ben Sulayem He sees it as unviable. “But when it comes to professionalism, they don’t want to pay. That’s obvious. I keep repeating: commissioners don’t grow on trees. It takes time to teach them. It takes time to develop them. And then evolve them, that’s why we have a program. I see the idea of having them perhaps as in Premier Leaguewhere referees are paid. But we don’t have the money to do it.”
Source: La Verdad
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