A session of the World Council organized for 1 March “to discuss issues relating to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine”. The position of Mazepin and the Russians who run in the various championships is at great risk, aligning the world of cars with the rest of the global sport that is imposing sanctions
The International Automobile Federation has announced that an extraordinary meeting of the World Council will take place on Tuesday 1 March to discuss issues relating to the conflict in Ukraine. “An extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council will be convened tomorrow to discuss issues relating to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine – reads the note – further updates will be provided after the meeting”.
exclusions
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The topic under discussion will be the possible alignment of the FIA to the decisions of these hours of global sport, which is progressively banning Russian athletes and teams from all competitions. Today the most relevant decisions were the IOC (International Olympic Committee) recommendation to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from international competitions and Fifa’s decision to exclude the Russian national football team and Russian clubs from international competitions and European cups. . In recent days, F1 had already formalized the cancellation of the Russian GP scheduled for the end of September.
the mazepin case
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In the case of motoring, similar decisions would affect Nikita Mazepin, racing for Haas in F1. Moreover, the future of the Russian driver is already in doubt because Uralkali, the company of his father, removed the brand from the Haas on the last day of testing last week in Spain. The team is assessing the situation and developments are expected shortly.
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