Mohammed ben Sulayem

Mohammed ben Sulayem

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Robberto

193 posts

82 months

Thursday 21st March
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Leithen said:
F1 and ethics?

The ultimate oxymoron?
There isn’t a suitable track there? There have been races in Leithtershire, Merthythide, Thurrey, Kent and Northamptonshire, but not Ethics.

C5_Steve

3,073 posts

103 months

Thursday 21st March
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Blib said:
Wolff takes legal action after conflict of interest inquiry -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68615850

It ain't over til it's over.....
Good. Having filed in court they at least won't be able to investigate themselves.

HardtopManual

2,432 posts

166 months

Thursday 21st March
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Forester1965 said:
The whole sport has reversed from being a perversely expensive way of proving you can build the fastest endurance prototype racer on the planet, to being the cheapest method of global marketing on the planet. The sport now is, frankly, st to watch.
TICK

HardtopManual

2,432 posts

166 months

Thursday 21st March
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monkfish1 said:
Its no longer sport, just entertainment.
Sport IS entertainment. F1 is neither.

86

2,797 posts

116 months

Thursday 21st March
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HardtopManual said:
Forester1965 said:
The whole sport has reversed from being a perversely expensive way of proving you can build the fastest endurance prototype racer on the planet, to being the cheapest method of global marketing on the planet. The sport now is, frankly, st to watch.
TICK
Agree totally.

ajprice

27,490 posts

196 months

Thursday 21st March
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68623596

Lewis Hamilton says F1 hard to trust with no accountability in the sport

Asked whether Mohammed Ben Sulayem still had Hamilton's confidence as FIA president, Hamilton said: "(He) never has."

Sandpit Steve

10,053 posts

74 months

Thursday 21st March
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ajprice said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68623596

Lewis Hamilton says F1 hard to trust with no accountability in the sport

Asked whether Mohammed Ben Sulayem still had Hamilton's confidence as FIA president, Hamilton said: "(He) never has."
OOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! yikesyikes

Well that’s one way to get the Horny story pushed back a bit!

TheDeuce

21,576 posts

66 months

Thursday 21st March
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ajprice said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68623596

Lewis Hamilton says F1 hard to trust with no accountability in the sport

Asked whether Mohammed Ben Sulayem still had Hamilton's confidence as FIA president, Hamilton said: "(He) never has."
Hardly a surprise - it was MBS who bought in the restrictions on what drivers were allowed to say when asked, for example: "Lewis, are you happy to be in Bahrain?"

If job one is limiting free speech and job two is race fiddling, he's a hard guy to have confidence in.

HardtopManual

2,432 posts

166 months

Thursday 21st March
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ajprice said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68623596

Lewis Hamilton says F1 hard to trust with no accountability in the sport

Asked whether Mohammed Ben Sulayem still had Hamilton's confidence as FIA president, Hamilton said: "(He) never has."
Zero f*cks given, no filter, love it.

Jasandjules

69,910 posts

229 months

Thursday 21st March
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TheDeuce said:
Hardly a surprise - it was MBS who bought in the restrictions on what drivers were allowed to say when asked, for example: "Lewis, are you happy to be in Bahrain?"

If job one is limiting free speech and job two is race fiddling, he's a hard guy to have confidence in.
And if we add in the question of just why is he front and centre on the podiums and grid and not to mention being in charge when AD21 took place annnnnnd the added issue of the possible attempt to speak to Max about backing Horny, which is a most interesting matter if true....

Nova Gyna

1,106 posts

26 months

Thursday 21st March
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Jasandjules said:
TheDeuce said:
Hardly a surprise - it was MBS who bought in the restrictions on what drivers were allowed to say when asked, for example: "Lewis, are you happy to be in Bahrain?"

If job one is limiting free speech and job two is race fiddling, he's a hard guy to have confidence in.
And if we add in the question of just why is he front and centre on the podiums and grid and not to mention being in charge when AD21 took place annnnnnd the added issue of the possible attempt to speak to Max about backing Horny, which is a most interesting matter if true....
AD21 was still on Todt’s watch. But Sulayem’s first public comments as president included the “rules are rules” bks about Ham and Wolff not attending the end-of-season gala, for which they both got fined.

I thought he was a tone-deaf moron then, and he’s done nothing since to change my opinion of him.

540TORQUES

4,484 posts

15 months

Thursday 21st March
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Nova Gyna said:
AD21 was still on Todt’s watch. But Sulayem’s first public comments as president included the “rules are rules” bks about Ham and Wolff not attending the end-of-season gala, for which they both got fined.

I thought he was a tone-deaf moron then, and he’s done nothing since to change my opinion of him.
He also tried to ban Lewis from wearing jewellery, especially the nose stud.

So Lewis had a second one fitted and got a medical exemption that prevented MBS from sanctioning him. Top trolling.

MBS is the biggest prick I've seen in charge of the FIA, and some of the previous arses take some beating, literally.

rallycross

12,799 posts

237 months

Thursday 21st March
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As Joe Saward said recently about this just look at what happened after Spanky Mosley was in the front pages for his dodgy past times - nothing whatsoever …..


So don’t expect much to happen about this .

TheDeuce

21,576 posts

66 months

Thursday 21st March
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rallycross said:
As Joe Saward said recently about this just look at what happened after Spanky Mosley was in the front pages for his dodgy past times - nothing whatsoever …..


So don’t expect much to happen about this .
The thing is... MM was humiliated by being exposed, but actually, despite the weirdness, it was his own business and he was conducting his 'hobby' in his out of work personal life. His battle with the press was in part, I believe, valid in terms of the press' eagerness to use their freedom to expose drama, not actual news. Middle aged dude likes a good spanking is interesting and sells papers - but it's not relevant news to anyone really.

It's a bit different with CH and MBS because their questionable (ahem) behaviour concerns their professional positions and responsibilities.

HocusPocus

905 posts

101 months

Friday 22nd March
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TheDeuce said:
rallycross said:
As Joe Saward said recently about this just look at what happened after Spanky Mosley was in the front pages for his dodgy past times - nothing whatsoever …..


So don’t expect much to happen about this .
The thing is... MM was humiliated by being exposed, but actually, despite the weirdness, it was his own business and he was conducting his 'hobby' in his out of work personal life. His battle with the press was in part, I believe, valid in terms of the press' eagerness to use their freedom to expose drama, not actual news. Middle aged dude likes a good spanking is interesting and sells papers - but it's not relevant news to anyone really.

It's a bit different with CH and MBS because their questionable (ahem) behaviour concerns their professional positions and responsibilities.
Dodgy past times?? Spanker won his defamation action about any Nazi connotation ascribed to the hookers in uniform, speaking with ze German accent, and shaving his bottom (as his barrister pointed out it was the head the Nazis shaved so Spanker's bare bottom has no anti-semitic theme) almost captured on camera. Times move on, and the modern whipping boys are pretty bland by comparison.

PhilAsia

3,808 posts

75 months

Friday 22nd March
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540TORQUES said:
Nova Gyna said:
AD21 was still on Todt’s watch. But Sulayem’s first public comments as president included the “rules are rules” bks about Ham and Wolff not attending the end-of-season gala, for which they both got fined.

I thought he was a tone-deaf moron then, and he’s done nothing since to change my opinion of him.
He also tried to ban Lewis from wearing jewellery, especially the nose stud.

So Lewis had a second one fitted and got a medical exemption that prevented MBS from sanctioning him. Top trolling.

MBS is the biggest prick I've seen in charge of the FIA, and some of the previous arses take some beating, literally.
rofl keep going!

Jasandjules

69,910 posts

229 months

Friday 22nd March
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FIA begin investigations


PRO5T

3,953 posts

25 months

Wednesday 3rd April
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https://x.com/JennaFryer/status/177560379604902715...

The ⁦fia Member Clubs and Sport Federations of the Americas sends a letter in support of ⁦Ben Sulayem, noting he is elected by membership, and calls for legal action to be taken against “those who slander the FIA and its leadership.”

Blib

44,138 posts

197 months

Wednesday 3rd April
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Silly sods.

hehe

TheDeuce

21,576 posts

66 months

Wednesday 3rd April
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PRO5T said:
https://x.com/JennaFryer/status/177560379604902715...

The ?fia Member Clubs and Sport Federations of the Americas sends a letter in support of ?Ben Sulayem, noting he is elected by membership, and calls for legal action to be taken against “those who slander the FIA and its leadership.”
Hmmm.... What did they want that's encouraged them to write such a letter? There has to be something.