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New F1 scandal worsens for embattled FIA president

Mar.6 A new scandal engulfing the president of Formula 1's governing body has only worsened for Mohammed Ben Sulayem. The FIA boss was this week referred his own federation's compliance officer over allegations he intervened to overturn a penalty imposed on Fernando Alonso during the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP. And now, Austria's Kleine Zeitung newspaper reported new claims that Ben Sulayem is also accused of trying to block the homologation of the all-new Las Vegas F1 circuit. The race is the new, billon dollar blue-ribbon project of Formula 1's commercial rights holder, owned by Liberty Media, which has been locked in an obvious power struggle with the Ben Sulayem-led FIA for some time....
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