Fracture in the FIA: the vice president resigned
The Englishman Robert Reid resigned his charge for “breach of governance”, in a clear sample of disagreement with the decisions taken by the president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
The foundations of the International Automobile Federation Crujen. Eight months after the elections in which President Mohammed Ben Sulayem will seek re -election, Vice President Robert Reid announced his resignation from his X account for “breach of governance”. The controversial decisions of the Emiratí of recent times were to be emelly the support of doors inside and the departure of the entity’s second joined a long list that occurred in recent times.
Motorosport UK, the governing body of the motor racing of Great Britain, is faced with Sulayem since last MarchWhen David Richards, his president, refused to sign a confidentiality agreement proposed by Emiratí, who threatened not to let those who did not put the rubric participate in the World Council. In fact, Richards could not enter.
Some Sulayem determinations were added to the treasurer, How to punish Formula 1 pilots and all categories for saying bad words, the controversy of V10 engines in F1 and other determinations that did not like the president. Steve Nielsen, Deborah Mayer, Tim Goss, Jacob Bangsgaard, Luke Skipper, Edward Floydd, Pierre Ketterer and Paolo Basarri were the members of the FIA who resigned in recent times.
“When I assumed this position, I did it to serve the members of the FIA, not to serve power. Over time, I witnessed a constant erosion of the principles we promised to defend. Decisions are made behind closed doors, passing over the structures and people to whom the FIA must represent. My resignation has nothing to do with personalisms, but with principles. Automobilism deserves responsible, transparent and directed leadership by its members. I can no longer, in good faith, continue to be part of a system that does not reflect those values, “he shot, now, former president of the FIA.
“I feel alarm for the critical decisions that are being taken without due process or the proper consult Who was Navigator of Richard Burns in World Rally with the Subaru team, a team that was under Richards’s tutelage … Reid and Richards closed ranks from England against Sulayem. For now, no contender was announced to face the Emiratí in the December elections. It seems a matter of time that the name appears.
