Earthquake at the FIA: after the resignation of sporting director Steve Nielsen, those of. also arrived on Monday 8 January Tim Gross, technical director of the single-seater sector. Two farewells that weigh heavily, particularly for the methods. Both figures, in fact, decided to abandon the Federation in view of the start of the 2024 season. According to what Motorsport.com told, it seems that these decisions were based on less than idyllic relations with President Ben Sulayem which, at the moment, finds itself in a really complicated situation to manage.
Tim Gross resigns from the FIA: everyone against Ben Sulayem
With Nielsen's choice to leave the FIA during the Christmas holidays, the Federation has already chosen his replacement: let's talk about Tim Malyon. Former Red Bull, the mechanical engineer will therefore cover the role of sports director of the Federation. The FIA, at the moment, is certainly not experiencing an easy situation: the main culprit seems to be President Ben Sulayem himself, at the center of criticism in particular for the farewell of the two leading figures within his team. A great air of change is filtering through Paris, with the FIA which - after Nielsen will be replaced by Maylon - will have to run for cover also to find out who can take the reins from Tim Gross.
At the moment, in the FIA it is undoubtedly raining in the wet and the timing situation certainly doesn't help. In fact, there is less and less left until the start of the 2024 year, with the first cars due to be presented in less than a month, in view of the tests in Bahrain which will bring forward the official start of the scheduled season the next 2 March. Never before have the words of Stefano Domenicali come back into fashion as much as at this moment who, after the investigation opened by the Federation itself against Toto and Susie Wolff, had asked a "examination of conscience” to members of the FIA which, at the moment, continue to navigate by sight.
