SAKHIR, Bahrain — George Russell said he and his fellow Formula 1 drivers are concerned the governing FIA appears to be heading in an “unstable direction.”
The abrupt resignation of FIA deputy president Robert Reid on Thursday — due to what he called a “fundamental breakdown in governance standards ” — has placed the leadership of current president Mohammed Ben Sulayem under massive scrutiny.
In a strongly worded resignation statement, Reid said he had witnessed a “steady erosion” of the principles he and Ben Sulayem were elected on, adding that there are “critical decisions being made without due process.”
Russell, a significant voice in the paddock as head of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, said Reid’s departure fell in…