Concerns have been raised relating to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s continued direct involvement in F1, which is considered by senior figures🦹 to be “detrimental to the sport”, according to .

The BBC’s report details that F1 teams have “viewed a series of incide𒀰nts in recent months as having a direct link to Ben Sulayem”.

These are thought to include the decision to re-investigate Lewis Hamilton for crossing a live track at the Qatar Grand Prix, as well as the summoning of Mercedes and Ferrari team principals Toto Wolff and Fred Vasseur for bad-tempered exchanges during a press co♚nference at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Ben Sulayem, who was elected as FIA president in December 2021, stepped back from overseeing F1 in a day-to-day capacity earlier this year after finding himself at the centre of༒ several controversies.

He still remains involved in strategic matters𒀰 and top-level decision making.

The 62-year-old Emirati's very public stance ⛦on the possible entry of new teams and the potential sale of the sport’s commercial rights particularly irked F1 bosses.

Relations between F1ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ and the FIA appeared to be improving in recent months but the BBC was told by “a number of sources” at last month’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that a possible breakaway could be back on the cards if&🐽nbsp;Ben Sulayem continued to act in the same manner. 

F1 and the FIA were at loggerheads ag꧑ain on Tuesday as they clashed over allegations of a conflict of interest - initially reported as involving Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and his wife, Susie, who is dir♌ector of the F1 Academy.

The FIA announced an investigation into the accusations which have been 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:vehemently refuted by both F1 and Mercedes.