Further allegations have been made against FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, this time claiming he pushed for officials not to certify the Las Vegas Formula 1 circuit, the BBC reports.
According to the BBC story, a whistleblower claims that they were told “on behest of the FIA president” to not homologate the street track ahead of last November’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix - a flagship event for F1 as it moved to promote the race itself for the first time. This claim is included in a report, which the BBC claims to have seen, by the FIA’s compliance officer to its ethics committee.
General view of the start finish line from above at the Las Vegas GP Photo by: Philip Hurst / Motorsport Images “And if you told me that I could go back and change some of the things that happened, for example, when I got hit by the media – I wouldn’t change anything. “Let me give you an example from Las Vegas... The president of the FIA is the one who signs the homologation for the new track, or for all the tracks. I supported it. “I could have said no, .
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