FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem allegedly tried to withdraw the licence for last year’s Las Vegas Grand Prix just days before the event was set to take place. It comes from the same whistleblower who claims Ben Sulayem told officials to overturn a penalty handed to Fernando Alonso at the Saudi Arabia GP last year.
The report from BBC Sport suggests the FIA president told organisers not to certify the Las Vegas circuit for the race at the backend of the 2023 season. Max Verstappen ran out as the eventual winner, but the whistleblower says they were told “on behest of the FIA president” to find a way to stop the circuit from being passed as safe.
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