Ben Sꦬulayem has dominated the F1 media headlines during the off-seas🍬on over a range of issues.

He started the year off by for new teams to join the𝓀 sport by opening the "ex🌊pressions of interest"

their inten🐟tion to join F1 by 2026 - something that was met by a lukeꦜwarm reception by F1.

The drama continued as he took⭕ to social media again to question the “inflated” by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.

His comments didn’t go down well with F1 or its owners Liberty Media, with the sport’s lawyers writing to the FIA to criticise Ben Sulayem for commenting on🅰 such matters.

Things got worse for Ben Sulayem when a report by British newspaper The Times168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: revealed a n🐻umber of sexist commen♎ts towards women on his old personal website

With the F1 season starting in just over a month in Bahrain, Vasseur is confident the drama surrounding the FIA president will cꦡalm down 🌸once the racing action gets underway.

“I'm really convinced that as soon as we will put the cars on track, t🀅his will disappear a little bꦿit off the screen,” Vasseur said. “For sure we'll have discussions but, as always, I hope that we'll be able to stay focused on the sporting side.”

W🏅hile Vasseur has a point, i🐽t’s unlikely the drama surrounding Ben Sulayem will go away, particularly given the FIA’s stance on political gestures.

It’s likely going to be a question that is raised to the drivers, like Lewis Hamilton, during the early days of🐎 pre-season t☂esting.