LAURA VILLARS Takes FIA to Court Over Flawed Election Process

December 11, 2025

• LAURA VILLARS is taking the FIA to court over an election system so rigged it makes a Formula 1 parade lap look competitive. The 28-year-old Swiss driver couldn’t even get on the ballot because the rules require vice-presidential appointments from a pre-approved list – and guess what? There’s only one person available from South America, and she’s already on Ben Sulayem’s team.
• A Paris court refused to suspend Friday’s sham election but ordered a full trial for February 2026, meaning we might finally get answers about whether this electoral circus was actually legal. VILLARS’ legal team isn’t backing down, warning that the uncontested election’s validity “may be examined, questioned or annulled” – which would be the kind of accountability shake-up motorsport desperately needs.
• While Ben Sulayem cruises to his coronation in Uzbekistan, VILLARS has already accomplished something significant: she’s exposed how the FIA’s election process is designed to prevent actual competition. Her legal challenge represents the kind of systemic change motorsport needs – because when the governing body of a sport built on competition actively prevents it in their own elections, somebody needs to call them out.

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