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The Star
25-04-2025
- Automotive
- The Star
Rallying-WRC drivers reach agreement with FIA on swearing
Formula One F1 - Spanish Grand Prix - Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - June 20, 2024 General view as a worker cleans the FiA logo ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix REUTERS/Albert Gea (Reuters) -World championship rally drivers have resolved a dispute with the sport's governing body over when they can swear during a competition. The World Rally Drivers Alliance (WoRDA) had protested after Hyundai's Adrien Fourmaux was fined 10,000 euros ($11,375.00), with a further 20,000 suspended, for swearing in a television interview during Rally Sweden in February. They stayed silent, or spoke only in their own languages, in stage-end interviews at last month's Kenya Safari Rally. Retired eight-times world champion co-driver Julien Ingrassia, representing WoRDA, told the website that a compromise had been reached ahead of this weekend's round in the Canary Islands. "The rally will now be divided into two zones: one is a controlled zone, one is an uncontrolled zone," the Frenchman, who raced alongside compatriot Sebastien Ogier, explained. "The latter is based around heat-of-the-moment areas such as stage ends, onboard cars during the stages or on road sections. Controlled sections are, for example, the media zones and the post-event FIA press conferences. "We're really pleased to find a solution. As was the case in Formula One, adjustments were needed to take into consideration some of the unique aspects of our discipline." The drivers had argued that the fines were vastly disproportionate to average incomes and budgets in rallying compared to Formula One, with some drivers not full-time professionals. The FIA has cracked down on swearing in Formula One under the leadership of its president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, with stiff sanctions set out in the sporting code. ($1 = 0.8791 euros) (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Clare Fallon)
The Star
23-04-2025
- Automotive
- The Star
Motor racing-Rally boss Wilson nominated for FIA deputy president role
Formula One F1 - Italian Grand Prix - Circuit of Monza, Monza, Italy - August 30, 2018 General view of the FiA logo REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini LONDON (Reuters) -The head of motorsport's world governing body, the FIA, has nominated former rally driver and M-Sport founder Malcolm Wilson to take the position left vacant by fellow-Briton Robert Reid as deputy president for sport. The FIA, the governing body for Formula One as well as rallying, said the nomination by president Mohammed Ben Sulayem will be voted on at a meeting in Macau in June. M-Sport has operated Ford's world rally programme since 1997, the company winning the manufacturers' title in 2006, 2007 and 2017. Reid, a 2001 world championship-winning rally co-driver, resigned this month due to what he called a "fundamental breakdown in governance standards" within motorsport's world governing body. Wilson said in a statement that it was an honour to be nominated and he looked forward to supporting Ben Sulayem, a former rally driver, who is expected to stand for re-election in December. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)
