Bernie Ecclestone is sticking up for
Mohammed ben Sulayem. The
FIA president is under fire, but according to the former
F1 boss, that has nothing to do with his goodwill.
Mohammed ben Sulayem has come under a lot of fire lately. The president of the
FIA regularly speaks out, which in itself is not a problem, but his opinions are often at odds with those of F1 and the F1 teams. This problem was again revealed in the investigation into
Toto Wolff and
Susie Wolff.
Ecclestone backs FIA president
"He is doing things differently than they have been done before. He also does things differently than I would do. In my eyes, he is a simple man who wants what is best for the sport. His bad reputation is because people don't understand him. He is now learning that people running a team in F1 are different from what he expected," Ecclestone told Sport Bild.
With the latter, Ecclestone also seems to hint again at a battle between team bosses in F1 and Ben Sulayem. Especially the relationship between Mercedes team boss Wolff and Sulayem is said to have deteriorated considerably since the Susie investigation. Wolff revealed in a recent interview that he was far from forgetting what had happened in recent months.