Jul.5 (GMM) Tim Mayer used the official announcement of his run for FIA presidency by slamming the incumbent, Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
The American, a longtime motor racing official and F1 steward who late final yr was fired by textual content by the FIA president, formally launched his ‘FIA Ahead’ marketing campaign outdoors the Silverstone circuit on Friday.
F1 workforce bosses, who’ve shared an typically fractious relationship with the controversial Ben Sulayem, cautiously welcomed the rival bid to move Components 1’s governing physique.
“Apart from seeing the headline, I like Tim,” fellow American Zak Brown, McLaren CEO, mentioned. “Clearly, he’s received some household historical past with McLaren.”
Certainly, 59-year-old Mayer’s father was the legendary McLaren workforce boss Teddy Mayer. “He’s received racing heritage,” confirmed Aston Martin’s Andy Cowell. “Racing in his blood.
“The FIA course of will carry by means of and we’ll discover out in December.”
Formally, Mayer’s marketing campaign mentioned the purpose is to “rework the repute of the FIA and our member golf equipment”.
However in dialog with the media, he was not shy to disclose his true emotions in regards to the FIA incumbent, who has vowed to hunt re-election on December 12 in Uzbekistan.
“The president got here to energy 4 years in the past with good concepts,” Mayer is quoted as saying by Auto Motor und Sport.
“However ultimately, all we noticed was a centralisation of energy. It shouldn’t be about sustaining energy. As FIA president, it’s important to serve the associations,” he insisted.
“I’m dissatisfied in Mohammed,” Mayer admitted. “His management qualities will not be good.”
