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Russell: FIA’s getting in an ‘unstable course’, refuses to hearken to GPDA considerations
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Russell: FIA’s getting in an ‘unstable course’, refuses to hearken to GPDA considerations

Motorsports April 10, 2025
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George Russell wasn’t stunned to be taught that FIA deputy president for sport Robert Reid had resigned from System 1’s governing physique on Thursday over a “breakdown of governance requirements”.

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The Mercedes driver, who can be a president of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Affiliation, stated that the FIA was “repeatedly getting in an unstable course”, and that considerations raised by drivers have been falling on deaf ears.

“Each time we hear information from that facet of the game it is not likely a giant shock,” he informed reporters in Bahrain. “It’s a disgrace to see… for anyone who’s very nicely revered throughout the sport and has been there for thus lengthy. Hopefully we get extra stability ahead of later.”

Reid, who had been the FIA’s second-in-command to president Mohammed Ben Sulayem since 2021, despatched a letter to the drivers explaining his determination.

“We’re but to speak with him as a result of it was information to us this morning and was shared amongst the drivers,” Russell defined.

George Russell, Mercedes

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“It’s getting to a degree now the place these items are taking place so typically, and as drivers we have been making an attempt to get entangled up to now, however we did not actually make a lot headroom. Issues appear to repeatedly be getting in an unstable course, so we’re getting to a degree now the place our actions are having little impression with [the FIA],” he stated in reference to the GPDA.

The drivers desire a seat on the desk, Russell stated, however the FIA – beneath Ben Sulayem’s management – more and more appears to be “getting in their very own course”. In a press release asserting his determination earlier at present, Reid stated he had been alarmed by what he referred to as “crucial selections being made with out due course of” over the previous 4 years.

“After I took on this function, it was to serve the FIA’s members; to not serve energy,” Reid wrote. “Over time, I’ve witnessed a gradual erosion of the ideas we promised to uphold. Choices are being made behind closed doorways, bypassing the very constructions and folks the FIA exists to characterize.”

He went on: “My resignation isn’t about personalities; it’s about ideas. Motorsport deserves management that’s accountable, clear, and member-driven. I can now not, in good religion, stay a part of a system that doesn’t replicate these values.”

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