The organizer of FIA world championships in the United States and senior steward Tim Mayer has hit out at Mohammed Ben Sulayem after becoming the latest high-profile figure to be fired by the governing body.Mayer (pictured above) has told the BBC he was fired by text message by one of...

Heading into a race weekend when the majority of the Formula 1 paddock struggles to see any daylight, it turns out the drivers have been unhappy at being kept in the dark.But their frustration is not directed at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, nor anything to do with this weekend’s...

Niels Wittich has stepped down as the FIA’s Formula 1 race director to pursue new opportunities and will be replaced with immediate effect. The German was one of two FIA race directors – alongside Eduardo Freitas – put in place at the start of the 2022 season to replace Michael...

I feel like I’m in a minority here, but I think the race director got most of the big calls right in the Australian Grand Prix, and that any criticism of Niels Wittich’s approach is coming from a place of unrealistic expectations.Let’s start at the start. Alex Albon’s crash was...

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto says Formula 1 must work more closely with its new race directors to accelerate their improvement after they were parachuted into the role at the start of the season.Eduardo Freitas and Niels Wittich are sharing the race directorship this year after the FIA restructured race control...