FIA president Ben Sulayem at centre of further allegations over Las Vegas homologation

According to the BBC story, a whistleblower claims that they were told “on behest of the FIA president” to not homologate the street track ahead of last November’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix – a flagship event for F1 as it moved to promote the race itself for the first time.

This claim is included in a report, which the BBC claims to have seen, by the FIA’s compliance officer to its ethics committee.

There was a delay before the…