Sulayem eases off from F1

LUKE SMITH

FORMULA 1 FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has stepped back from the day-to-day running of Formula 1 ahead of the new season. Ben Sulayem was elected as president of motorsport’s governing body in December 2021 and quickly outlined a plan to restructure the FIA’s F1 operations. This included changes to race control and appointing a CEO of the FIA for the first time. As part of this process, Ben Sulayem informed teams in a letter last week that he would be stepping back from hands-on involvement in F1, leaving the day-to-day handling of operations with FIA Single Seater director Nikolas Tombazis. Ben Sulayem will remain involved in high-level decision-making and focusing on strategic matters, but Tombazis will be the primary point of contact for teams. The move, which the FIA says was planned for…

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