Mohammed Ben Sulayem took over the duties as president from Jean Todt at the end of December last year, but he did not end up in a warm bed. On the contrary. There is an awful lot of work to be done within the FIA. One of the spearheads is the training of new race directors, explains Ben Sulayem. Michael Masi had to step down after the debacle in Abu Dhabi in 2021. Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas now take alternating honors, but they have no history in Formula 1. In fact, no one was ready and the FIA wants to avoid a similar situation in the future. It means that a lot of investment is needed now. "It is the pinnacle of the sport and the pinnacle of technology, and then we have to...
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