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FIA president ‘should be excused from his position immediately'

The FIA has introduced a number of initiatives in recent years in an attempt to achieve equality in motorsport, with females in particular benefiting from these changes. The likes of Jamie Chadwick have proven that once given the opportunity, females are more than capable of performing to high standards in various motorsport categories. The mission to achieve equality has now hit somewhat of a stumbling block however, as FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem finds himself in hot water for some comments he made back in 2001. On his old website www.mohammedbensulayem.com, the 61-year-old claimed that he did not like “women who think they are smarter than men, for they are not in...
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