THE son of FIA chief Mohammed Ben Sulayem has died following a car accident. The news has been confirmed by the FIA, but the president has requested privacy at this time. Saif competed in the 2016/17 UAE Formula 4 championship which saw him come up against current F1 drivers Oscar Piastri and Logan Sargeant. Mohammed Ben Sulayem, 61, was elected FIA president in December 2021. He said: “My stated objective was to be a non-executive president via the recruitment of a team of professional managers, which has now been largely completed. “Therefore, going forward, your day-to-day contact for all matters on F1 will be with Nikolas [Tombazis, director of single-seater racing] and his team.

Follow MotorMouth on social media:

• 
• 
• 
•