"It's Not Acceptable": FIA President Takes Action to Ensure Fernando Alonso's Future in F1 Amid Performance Issues
FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem is intervening to support Fernando Alonso's future in Formula 1 following poor performance results. The FIA is exploring technical measures to improve the competitiveness of Alonso's Aston Martin car to prevent his premature exit from the sport.
Why it matters
It highlights the rare and direct involvement of a sports governing body president in the career trajectory and team performance of a specific athlete.
Fernando Alonso's Formula 1 future is hanging in the balance, and the FIA president is taking matters into his own hands. Mohammed Ben Sulayem has met with Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll and spoken directly with Alonso in a bid to keep the two-time world champion on the grid for 2027.
The intervention comes at the Spanish Grand Prix, where Alonso is racing on home soil in what could yet prove to be one of his final appearances in the sport. At an economic forum event in Madrid, Ben Sulayem announced he is working on a package of measures aimed at accelerating Honda's progress as an engine supplier, the root cause of the Spaniard's frustration, to give him a reason to stay.
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