A defiant FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has dismissed talk of turmoil within the governing body, and told Formula 1 drivers it is “none of their business” how he runs things. Ben Sulayem has found himself under the spotlight recently in the wake of a host of high-level departures from the FIA – which has included F1 race director Niels Wittich.
” But pushed on drivers in particular wanting answers over why Wittich was dropped with three races remaining, Ben Sulayem said: “Do we have to tell them? When something in the teams changes, do they tell us? No, they don't. Nobody has to. We have the rules, we follow our rules. We don't follow someone else's rule. Simple as this.