Today FIA President’s optimist Tim Mayor celebrated his Independence Day

The whalebury hall is located in a village, which leaves the silverstone, does not feel like a natural site for the launch of a presidential candidature – but Tim Mayor indicated from his compatriot, who ran for the top office in the US, although he was starting his campaign for the top job in the FIA.

The Hacenhem Room hosted the mayor, as he stood, dressed in front of his campaign in front of ‘Fia Forward’, installing his manifesto and admitting that he would need “shake hands to join hands and kiss” to get his message in the election.

The mayor held a place in court at a place filled with respected motorcysters, who were planning their own before answering an effectively followed questions. Again, the way he operated and worked in the room.

The American walked out why he waited by July – the FIA ​​presidential election will be held in December – to announce that it is going on, which did not match with the British Grand Prix on the other side of the Whitbury Park Campsight, but because he and his team waited. World Motorsport Council meeting in Macau, where “engagement rules” for election campaigns were placed,

The Mayor said it was working for six months, that the campaign would cost in an area of ​​$ 4-6 million, that he had backers who were looking for change and ready to contribute. He thanked his wife, talked about retail politics and he spoke to F1 President and CEO Stephano Domanically before making his intentions public.

He can skirt around some of the subjects, selecting bombing several times, exiting concrete answers with sound cutting – but the mayor spoke on all the major touchstones that he was straightening his tie in the mirror before walking at his presidential podium.

Especially after talking before autosportThe Mayor was again happy to address the elephant in the room: the current verses Mohammad Ben Sulem, who had credited some works done in the last three and a half years.

Ben Sulem’s tenure is really marked with controversy, from the swearing -in law amendments and the departure of several major FIA personnel – for issues, raw on driver underwear, a subject that may not help refer to the mayor.

Whereas Carlos Sainz SR avoided criticism in his short -term idea to get his name on ballot paperThe mayor is not worried when it comes to telling what he thinks that Ben Sulem has done wrong.

He spoke of “confusion of inclusion” within the FIA ​​that whenever they go to the office, employees should not feel under the “reign of terror”. When asked Letter of support for Ben Sulem signed by automobile associations less than 36He compared it to a note received from his children, stating how great he was – only after his pocket money was frozen.

The mayor called for a respectable fight for the presidency, saying that he was not ready to live in a gutter, thrown out with Ben Sulem – a man he worked as an FIA Steward and Race Director, who was fired by a text message.

He insists that this is not a changed mission, looking at his long tenure to stop a trembling, and more that he wants to change the FIA. He officially announced his intention to run Independence Day on 4 July – Independence Day in the United States.

A coincidence, the mayor said, but if he can be as impressive on Friday morning as he is safe to say that he will not go quietly at night and he would not disappear without any fight.