Overview

• Villars, a 28-year-old Swiss driver, announced her candidacy on Thursday during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix media day.
• The field now comprises incumbent Mohammed Ben Sulayem, former FIA steward Tim Mayer, and Villars.
• Her platform proposes empowering clubs through regular consultations, strengthening financial transparency, launching an FIA Eco-Performance sustainability seal, expanding programs for women such as Girls on Track, and creating a young leaders academy.
• The FIA General Assembly will conduct the presidential election on December 12 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• Reporting highlights doubts and resignations during Ben Sulayem’s tenure, a backdrop that shapes the challenge from Mayer and Villars.