addressed several key topics in a candid interview, including the concerns raised by Formula 1 drivers over recent departures within the governing body, such as former race directorinquiry about how fine revenues were being utilized, Ben Sulayem disclosed the allocated amounts but firmly urged drivers to concentrate on racing, asserting that such matters were "none of their business."
“But okay, you want to know how much we paid in grassroots? I'll give you: 10.3 million we invested in grassroots last year. I think that's a lot of money. In '24, up to now, over 10 million. Back in grassroots. In karting.” “This is our business. We'll do whatever is good for the FIA. So it's really none of people's business to interfere in ours. It's the results that we produce.”
“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.”