- FIA president says motor sport ‘should be neutral’
- ‘There are other platforms to express what they want’
Formula One drivers must not use the platform provided by the sport to make statements for their own “personal agenda”, the FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, said on Tuesday.
Formula One drivers will need prior written permission from the sport’s governing body to make “political, religious and personal statements” from next season following an update of the International Sporting Code in December. Unless the FIA grants approval in writing, drivers who make such statements will now be in breach of the rules.