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FIA drama: Villars sues federation over undemocratic election rules
. Michael Delaney
30/10/2025 at 09:3630/10/2025 at 09:14 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. It’s not every day that a would-be president sues the very organization she hopes to lead. But that’s exactly what Laura Villars, the Swiss challenger to incumbent FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem, has done – accusing F1’s governing body of running an election system unfit for democracy. Villars has filed legal action in a Paris court over what she describes as “a lack of internal democracy and transparency” in the FIA’s presidential election process. The first hearing is set for 10 November, barely a month before the 12 December vote. Under current FIA rules, presidential hopefuls...
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