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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Giles Richards

F1 ‘running out of people’ says sacked race steward in rebuke to FIA president

Mohammed ben Sulayem, the FIA president
Mohammed ben Sulayem (left), the FIA president, has been criticised for reportedly getting involved in the decision-making process of race stewards. Photograph: Antonin Vincent/DPPI/Shutterstock

The recently sacked FIA race steward Tim Mayer has delivered a stinging rebuke to Formula One’s governing body and the management of its president, Mohammed ben Sulayem, with the organisation once again left reeling in the face of very public criticism.

Mayer, a race steward for 15 years, told the BBC in an interview he was sacked by text message on Tuesday and stated Ben Sulayem had involved himself in the decision-making process of the stewards, who are supposed to be independent.

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