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TimesLIVE
29-04-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
FIA president ponders ‘improvements' to swearing rules
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said on Monday he was considering "improvements" to rules that impose heavy sanctions for misconduct, including swearing, in Formula One and other series. Competitors in rallying and Formula One have been at loggerheads with the Emirati, who will be up for re-election at the end of the year, over a crackdown on bad language during events. World championship rally drivers, who had openly condemned the fines, made a breakthrough last week when they reached a compromise to divide events into a controlled zone and an uncontrolled one. "After constructive feedback from drivers across our seven FIA world championships, I am considering making improvements to appendix B," Ben Sulayem said on his Instagram account. "As a former rally driver, I understand the demands they face better than most." Ben Sulayem said appendix B, which was amended in January with tougher penalties, was a key part of the International Sporting Code but "humans make the rules and humans can improve the rules". Further details were expected later in the week, with Formula One racing in Miami. Appendix B covers stewards' penalty guidelines, setting out punishments for misconduct including words, deeds or writings that might have caused moral injury to the FIA or motorsport in general. A first offence in Formula One incurs a €40,000 (R845,146) fine, rising to €80,000 (R1,690,253) for the second and €120,000 (R2,535,380) with a one-month suspension and deduction of championship points for a third breach. Stewards "retain the discretion to take into account any mitigating and/or aggravating circumstances as well as the nature and location of the event, to tailor the penalty to the specific situation". That has been seen in Formula One when Williams driver Carlos Sainz escaped sanction for an expression used in a press conference this month. Estonian rally driver Ott Tanak, world champion in 2019, said at the weekend there had been very positive progress with the FIA. Formula One world champion Max Verstappen, who had to do work of public interest last year for swearing, bit his lip in response to what he thought was an unfair punishment during this month's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Saudi Gazette
19-02-2025
- Business
- Saudi Gazette
216 million POS transactions in Saudi Arabia in a week
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The number of point of sale transactions in Saudi Arabia during the week between February 9 and 15 amounted to 216,651,000, with a value of SR13,320,771,000, compared to SR13,732,155,000 during the same period last year. According to Saudi Central Bank's weekly bulletin on points of sale, the number of transactions in clothing and footwear reached 6,368,000, with a value of SR844,146,000, building materials reached 1,755,000, with a value of SR378,464,000, and education 145,000 with a value of SR132,592, number of operations in electronic and electrical devices reached 1,160,000 with a value of SR164,048,000, gas stations 16,400,000 with a value of SR933,109,000, health sector 8,176,000 with a value of SR808,336,000, and furniture reached 1,405,000 with a value of SR347,996, the number of operations in hotels was 711,000 with a value of SR359,803,000, public utilities 766,000, with a value of SR56,651,000, jewelry 213,000, with a value of SR297,396,000, and in various goods and services reached 22,498,000, with a value of SR1,609,308, number of operations in entertainment and culture reached 2,826,000 worth SR267,474,000, restaurants and cafes 62,073,000 worth 1,936,425,000, food and beverages 49,564,000 worth SR1,977,627,000, communications 1,807,000 worth SR108,605,000, and transportation 2,846,000 worth SR695,193,000, while the number of other operations was 37,939,000 worth SR2,403,597, the level of Saudi cities, the number of weekly point-of-sale transactions in Riyadh reached 69,483,000, with a value of SR4,739,420,000, in Makkah reached 8,715,000, with a value of SR556,390,000, while the number of point-of-sale transactions in Madinah reached 8,737,000, with a value of SR529,680, number of POS transactions in Tabuk reached 4,577,000, worth SR242,955,000, in Hail reached 3,664,000, worth SR200,701,000, in Abha reached 3,014,000, worth SR149,975,000, in Buraidah reached 4,820,000, worth SR305,116, number of POS transactions in Al-Khobar reached 4,584,000, worth SR376,708,000, in Dammam reached 9,006,000, worth SR659,977,000, the in Jeddah reached 26,252,000, worth SR1,916,028,000, in other cities reached 73,801,000, worth SR3,643,821,000.
