Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been embroiled in controversy during his first term as FIA President, most recently catching the attention of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association. The GPDA recently issued a statement requesting more clarity on where FIA funds are diverted when drivers are fined and requested that Ben Sulayem “consider his own tone” when referring to other drivers in the media. It comes amid a crackdown on the language used by drivers in official press conferences, whereby the FIA President told Italian media that he did not want them to sound like “rappers” by using expletives on broa…
