{"id":292943,"date":"2023-10-25T00:25:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T00:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=292943"},"modified":"2023-10-25T00:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T00:25:26","slug":"f1-chief-hits-out-at-his-enemies-and-claims-they-tried-to-destroy-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/f1-chief-hits-out-at-his-enemies-and-claims-they-tried-to-destroy-him\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 chief hits out at his enemies and claims they tried to DESTROY him"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>F1 chief Mohammed Ben Sulayem hits out at his enemies and claims they tried to DESTROY him over the proposed induction of Andretti as an 11th team &#8211; even while he was mourning his son&#8217;s death<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The proposed introduction of an 11th F1 team has caused debate within the sport<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem approved team Andretti&#8217;s application<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He revealed the infighting it caused and said his enemies tried to destroy him\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Formula One&#8217;s ruler Mohammed Ben Sulayem claims his enemies tried to destroy him over the proposed introduction of an 11th team \u2013 even while he was mourning the death of his son.<\/p>\n<p>The FIA president laid bare the infighting around the General Motors-backed Andretti team&#8217;s application to join the grid from 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Sulayem opened an &#8216;expressions of interest&#8217; process at the beginning of the year and has since approved the American bid. But he faces ongoing hostility from F1&#8217;s owners Liberty Media, who are evaluating whether to approve Andretti&#8217;s introduction, and the existing teams.<\/p>\n<p>Liberty might be forced to increase future prize money, which the teams would have to share it an extra way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I went through hell,&#8217; said Ben Sulayem, who lost his son Saif, 29, in a road accident in Dubai in March. &#8216;They attacked me even when my son died. They abused me to try to break me, just because I opened expressions of interest. We have a contract that allows for 12 teams, don&#8217;t forget.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/23\/68509133-0-FIA_President_Mohammed_Ben_Sulayem_s_son_Saif_has_passed_away_af-a-48_1698187346612.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem claims his enemies tried to destroy him over the proposed introduction of an 11th team \u2013 even while he was mourning the death of his son<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I ask myself, &#8216;What did I do to get all this abuse?&#8217; How can you refuse GM? For God&#8217;s sake, they are an OEM (original equipment manufacturer).<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m optimistic that they (Liberty) won&#8217;t say no. It is good for business. It is good for motorsport. And if there is another reliable, worthy team wanting admission I&#8217;ll open a new expressions of interest process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was elected to look after the sport. I put nothing in my pocket. There are no shareholders. There is no board of directors to share profits. My mission is different from theirs.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ben Sulayem did not specify who was behind the alleged attacks, but he is thought to be referring, at least in part, to media briefings.\u00a0The FIA last week increased the maximum fines for drivers to \u20ac1million (\u00a3870,000), a jump from \u20ac250,000 (\u00a3218,000). It is the first hike in 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The old regulations dated to Jurassic Park,&#8217; said Ben Sulayem. &#8216;A million is not something we want to impose. To avoid it: just stick to the rules.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/23\/76960095-0-American_outfit_Andretti_were_eventually_given_approval_to_join_-m-50_1698187470960.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>American outfit Andretti were given approval to join as an F1 team by the FIA (pictured &#8211; owner Michael Andretti with Bin Sulayem before the Miami Grand Prix in 2022)<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12668649\/Mohammed-Ben-Sulayem-Andretti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>F1 chief Mohammed Ben Sulayem hits out at his enemies and claims they tried to DESTROY him over the proposed induction of Andretti as an <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/f1-chief-hits-out-at-his-enemies-and-claims-they-tried-to-destroy-him\/\" title=\"F1 chief hits out at his enemies and claims they tried to DESTROY him\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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