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FIA break silence on Mohammed Ben Sulayem's sexist comments

Motorsport as a whole has been ramping up its effort to achieve equality in the sport in recent years, with more of a spotlight being shone on female racers in particular. After Jamie Chadwick’s venture with Williams and her phenomenal success in the W Series, it has been suggested that we will see a female driver on the Formula 1 grid in the next decade or so. These efforts to achieve equality will unfortunately not be helped by the disgusting sexist comments that have surfaced after FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s old website was discovered. The Time have unearthed quotes from www.MohammedBenSulayem.com, where the FIA president claims that his likes and dislikes are...
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