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FIA president speaks out on Piastri conflict
Ben Sulayem believes that the CRB will be able to resolve the McLaren conflict - Alpine regarding Piastri © Florent Gooden / DPPI
He had not yet commented on the matter Piastres. Mohammed Ben Sulayem finally spoke on the opposing conflict McLaren et Alpine concerning the young Australian pilot. On Twitter, the president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) recalled the role of the CRB (Contract Recognition Board), renewing his confidence in the legal entity to resolve the matter. “The FiA Driver Contract Recognition Board (CRB) was established to address priority contractual issues between drivers and teams. F1. This is why we defer to their decision to resolve any conflict. »
The @FiA's Driver Contract Recognition Board (CRB) was set up to deal with contract priority issues between drivers and @F1 teams. That's why we rely on their decision to resolve any conflict.
- Mohammed Ben Sulayem (@Ben_Sulayem) August 11
As a reminder, the CRB, a council created by the FIA to ensure the compliance of “driver” contracts, found nothing wrong with the parchment drawn up by the lawyers of the McLaren team. No formal defect in this document which unites the Woking team with the Australian hopeful from the 2023 financial year. However, the CRB also confirmed the validity of the contract linking Oscar Piastri with Alpine for 2022.
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The Piastri affair soon before the courts?
A few days after the start of the affair, Otmar Szafnauer declared that he wanted to take the conflict to court. “Going before the High Court of Justice, it is more than 90% certain that we will do it”, explained the team director Alpine, for Reuters.
But before going to court, Alpine intended to contact the CRB to consult possible recourses. “If the CRB says “your license is only valid at Alpine ", and he (Piastri) says "that's great, but I will never drive for them, I will sit for a year", then you have to go to the High Court to get compensation", Szafnauer had specified. The French team is still counting on the Australian driver to drive for the Blues in 2023. If necessary, the teamenstone could demand significant financial compensation.
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Dorian Grangier
A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.
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