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FIA defends president amid escalating F1 conflict
Jan.30 The governing FIA has defended its president amid an escalating political climate in Formula 1. In recent days, weeks and months, it has become ever clearer that a rift is forming between the teams and Liberty Media on one side, and the newly Mohammed Ben Sulayem-led FIA. They have collided over the issues of political speech in F1, the Andretti-Cadillac entry bid, and most recently the potential sale of the commercial rights to Saudi Arabia. As the fronts harden, it is highly conspicuous that quotes attributed to Ben Sulayem on a defunct 2001 official profile website paint him as sexist. In the profile, he is quoted as saying he doesn't 'like women who think they are smarter than...
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