FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is proposing changes to the statutes of motorsport's governing body that appear to further extend his control and restrict accountability.
These bring forward the deadline for candidates for December's presidential election, give Ben Sulayem the possibility to bar any candidate from running against him and allow him more control over the membership of the FIA Senate.
Fuck man why are these rich fucks from the Gulf States trying to seize control of every popular pro sport on Earth? What is the end goal? Do they want to emulate US’s cultural victory or something? Do they want to enforce their morals and values onto the liberal west via sport?
Because when the oil runs out they want something else to prop up the regime. This is the easiest way to do that because it's all just money based. They don't need to create or produce anything. Just spend oil money they already have.
Sports washing is probably also a major goal of them, to improve their image and get more tourists into the country. Like Qatar has hosted the World Cup and that tournament isn’t known as a money maker for the host country.
You know this isn’t the Saudi Prince “MBS,” right? Fine if you don’t like this FIA president but I’ve seen loads of people think they are edgy for saying “Fuck MBS” like he’s the murderous despot of KSA.