Tim Mayer is about to announce a marketing campaign to change into president of the FIA this 12 months, RACER understands.
Affirmation is predicted on the British Grand Prix, the place a press convention has been referred to as on Friday morning to announce a presidential candidate forward of the elections which might be scheduled for December. RACER understands it is going to be the previous FIA senior steward Mayer who might be asserting his candidacy, with the American having left the governing physique late final 12 months.
On the time, Mayer advised the BBC he had been sacked by one in all president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s assistants by way of textual content message, after having to characterize america Grand Prix race organizers in a proper of assessment listening to.
The 59-year-old son of former McLaren group principal Teddy Mayer has greater than three many years of expertise inside motorsports, beginning out in IndyCar and fulfilling a number of roles from a tv producer to an organizer and official, occurring to change into senior vp of racing operations at Champ Automobile.
Mayer additionally had a spell as chief working officer of IMSA earlier than changing into concerned with the FIA as a race director and steward, taking up the position as one of many chairmen of the System 1 stewards in 2016. He had additionally been answerable for the group of FIA championships in america.
Friday’s announcement is about to make sure there’s opposition to present president Ben Sulayem, who confirmed in Could he can be operating for a second time period. Ben Sulayem’s first four-year spell as FIA president has been beset by a number of departures of senior personnel and claims of an absence of transparency from each F1 drivers and a few nationwide motorsport our bodies.
He has additionally been criticized for modifications made to the FIA statutes, however has helped the governing physique flip a revenue in its latest accounts, after it made a big loss within the ultimate 12 months earlier than he was elected. One of many high-profile senior departures – former FIA secretary for motorsport Shaila-Ann Rao – additionally returned as an advisor to the president earlier this 12 months.
Carlos Sainz Sr. lately dominated out an try on the presidency, having beforehand introduced his curiosity in operating, citing the present circumstances as “not very best.”
