FIA constitution change to prevent electoral challenge to president Ben Sulayem

Formula One has just taken a ten day break from its travels as the early 2025 season fly away races come to an end.

This weekend will see the F1 circus camp in the Emilia-Romagne district of Italy at the iconic Imola circuit where Ayrton Senna lost his life.

Yet in just ten days, a number this yea’s back stories have taken a twist or a turn. Mario Andretti, the non-executive director of the new Cadillac team joining the grid next year, admitted the better F1 drivers are all under contract and that hopes of an American driver may have to wait until 2027.

In what many see as a potential bribe in his election year, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has ordered a climb down over one controversial issue which has been upsetting the drivers since Singapore last season.

The president raised the matter of bad language being used by the drivers and subsequently made draconian changes to Appendix B of the International Sporting Code over the winter.