Overview
- At a news conference in Austin, Tim Mayer called the one-candidate outcome an "illusion of democracy" and confirmed he has filed multiple ethics complaints.
- FIA statutes require presidential lists to include seven vice-presidents for sport from distinct regions drawn from WMSC nominees, with South America offering only Fabiana Ecclestone, who backs the incumbent.
- Africa has just two eligible WMSC names aligned with the president, while the overall nominee pool has shrunk from about 40 in 2021 to 29 this year.
- Other declared aspirants, Laura Villars and Virginie Philippot, also cannot complete tickets, and Villars says her legal team is in formal exchanges with the FIA.
- The FIA defends the process as structured and democratic under its statutes, with the presidential vote scheduled for December 12 in Tashkent.