FIA’s Ben Sulayem reveals court case and $20 million deficit headaches

Ben Sulayem became the successor to Jean Todt in last December’s election, and arrived at Formula 1’s governing body in the days after the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

But reflecting on his experiences over the past 12 months, Ben Sulayem says that there was no honeymoon period for him as he walked straight into a legal issue.

This involved a court case in the United States regarding a potential patent infringement of the halo by the FIA. The action…