Overview
- Incumbent Mohammed Ben Sulayem will be the only candidate on 12 December when the FIA holds its presidential vote in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
- Judge Malik Chapuis ruled the issues require a full trial, setting a first hearing for 16 February 2026 after rejecting the bid to halt the election.
- The court rejected the FIA’s argument that Laura Villars and Tim Mayer lacked standing, allowing their case to continue.
- Villars and Mayer were ordered to pay €7,000 plus costs to the FIA as part of the interim ruling.
- Challengers say a slate rule requiring regional vice-presidents made alternative tickets impossible because the only eligible South American, Fabiana Ecclestone, aligned with Ben Sulayem, and they argue the election’s outcome could be reviewed or annulled at the merits stage.