News Details

FIA ‘only rented out' F1 rights – president

Jan.26 FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem insists that Formula 1's governing body will have a say on who controls the commercial rights. This week, F1's American owner Liberty Media lashed back at Ben Sulayem after he said the FIA is 'cautious' about reports that Saudi Arabia is interested in buying the sport for $20 billion. Formula 1's legal department slammed the FIA chief's comments as 'unacceptable', insisting Liberty Media has the 'exclusive right' to 'exploit the commercial rights'. F1 concluded by threatening potential legal action against the FIA, indicating that the new-in-2022 president of the Paris-based federation has kicked off a period of potential internal conflict....
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli issue warning ahead of Fernando Alonso's Aston...

According to Motorsport.com, Fernando Alonso will be taking part in...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Ferrari criticised for being ‘unwatchable' as...

Ex-Formula 1 and Ferrari driver Jean Alesi has tipped the Scuderia's...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Fernando Alonso makes ‘not really relevant'...

Double World Champion Fernando Alonso is seemingly very excited about the...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Aston Martin claim they've discovered ‘small...

Aston Martin deputy technical director Eric Blandin has revealed that the...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Yamaha to bring brand new MotoGP bike at Jerez test

Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins are set to test ride a brand-new Yamaha M1...

Fernandez to ride 2024 Aprilia MotoGP bike from Jerez...

Trackhouse Aprilia rider Raul Fernandez will ride the 2024 spec bike when...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

McLaughlin disputes IndyCar's claim that rules...

Scott McLaughlin was one of the two Team Penske IndyCar drivers that were...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

O’Ward retroactively given St. Pete win after Team...

The NTT IndyCar Series announced on Wednesday that all three Team Penske...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Manchester United 'identify top striker target this...

Manchester United reportedly view RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko as their...
49m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

'We need a crisis' - Jurgen Klopp rates Liverpool's...

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says that his side need there to be 'a crisis'...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.