Earlier this month Tim Mayer, sacked as a steward by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem last year, came out as a challenger to him in the forthcoming election. Mayer insisted that this was not a matter of “revenge”, but of providing a real alternative to a president who, he claimed, had not delivered on key manifesto promises he made during the previous election campaign in 2021.
Now Mayer has published his own ‘impact manifesto’ which declares “our mission is to provide the Member Clubs with a compelling alternative to the current FIA leadership”, focusing on “executing the goals of the FIA in an ethical and effective manner”. The messaging is therefore the same but Mayer has added further specifics and, perhaps more significantly, a repeated emphasis on the means of delivery – including measurable ‘milestones’.
