Carlos Sainz will not be presented to the presidency of the FIA (International Automobile Federation). The Spanish pilot acknowledges that he has “worked intensely to thoroughly understand the situation in the FIA”, but decides Do not appear at the elections because “current circumstances are not the ideal to lay the foundations of my candidacy.”
The resignation by Carlos Sainz to continue with his candidacy to preside over the FIA has a lot to do with The law that Ben Sulayem was inventedcurrent president of this agency, for which he left with Few options In Spanish in this fight. Sulayem, who wants to be re -elected, changed the norm and advanced the deadlines for the candidacies of all interested parties.
This forced Sainz to Go to counterreloj In his candidacy project, with little term to make that project strong, gain support and, above all, disable those in favor of Ben Sulayem. And this requires many conversations and time. And now Spanish did not have much time to gain support in the coming weeks, which is where everything decided, since the measure approved by the Asamblea from fia He completely changed the way of presenting the candidacy.
In his renunciation letter, Carlos Sainz shows these reasons and more when he says he continues to believe that The FIA ”needs important changes”, In addition to expressing that his “passion” for “serving and leading in the world of motoring has not changed.” But he step aside because the play to Ben Sulayem has done very well.
Thus, Sainz had complicated to deactivate the entire voting of votes formed by the current president of the FIA, which I had many votes tied. Others could lose them if Spanish gave them an attractive project -which was what could happen -but Sainz lacked time to achieve those support. And before starting the game already knowing that he is going to be lost, the Madrid pilot has done what he had to do, not to present a candidacy.
«Both races and mobility have been and continue to be my life and I will follow future events closely and with great interest. I will always support my sport and try to contribute as much as possible to improve the mobility of public road users worldwide, ”says Carlos Sainz in the letter in which he formalized his resignation to fight for the presidency of the FIA.
