F1 and the FIA seem to have known as a truce, as they subject a joint assertion revealing that they’re growing a brand new strategic plan for the game.
“The FIA Method 1 World Championship has by no means been so robust and is rising globally and the FIA and Method 1 are dedicated to delivering one of the best outcomes for the entire sport,” it reads.
“To that finish, each events are growing a brand new strategic plan that may enable us to grab the alternatives and additional improve the potential for F1 within the years forward.”
Simply 62 phrases however, outwardly a minimum of, they sign an finish to a minimum of one of many squabbles that has been damaging the game during the last couple of years.
We’re all conscious of F1’s apparent discontent with the FIA and notably its president, Mohammed ben Sulayem, who has clearly riled the game’s house owners on various points, be it the monetary worth of the game or whether or not Andretti must be granted entry to it.
Not solely have we witnessed folks leaving the FIA in that point, however a whistle-blower subsequently making an attempt to tarnish the fame of its president, resulting in quite a few member golf equipment voicing their help for Ben Sulayem.
Nonetheless, transferring forward it’s clear that regardless of the game’s seeming growing recognition and the huge amount of cash it’s raking in, regardless of all of the constructive claims from Method One Administration there could possibly be points on the horizon.
For a begin, there are already query marks over the way forward for a minimum of two of the present groups, and as Liberty Media seeks to make additional modifications geared toward growing its earnings, the complete cooperation of the game’s governing physique shall be wanted.
Contemplating F1’s perspective in direction of the FIA during the last couple of years, not least calling out its authorized huge weapons in response to feedback made by Ben Sulayem, at this time’s launch seems to pose extra questions than it solutions.
