In the round-up: Steve Nielsen, the FIA’s sporting director, has reportedly resigned from his position
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FIA sporting director Nielsen resigns – reports
Steve Nielsen, who was appointed as sporting director for the FIA in January of this year, has reportedly resigned from his role within the governing body.
The BBC reports that Nielsen, who was hired by the FIA after serving as as Formula 1’s sporting director for five years, stepped down after being unhappy with the FIA not showing a willingness to make the changes he felt were necessary to its race control operations.
Nielsen’s hiring was one of many actions taken by the governing body to address criticisms of its operations following the controversial conclusion of the 2021 Formula 1 season. Niels Wittich, who was one of two race directors appointed to replace Michael Masi as F1 race director for 2022, completed a full season as the sole race director in 2023.
Wolff wants to see “many more” titles
Despite winning eight constructors’ championship titles and seven drivers’ championships for Mercedes since joining the team in 2013, team principal Toto Wolff says he wants to see “many more” titles for the team in the future.
“We have a board in our factory which shows all the constructors’ world champions since 1958 – you have the logos, the badges for each of the years – and the table goes until 2050,” Wolff said. “There is 27 open, empty places. And I would like to look back in 20 years and see these many more Mercedes stars.
“When you’re retrospective – and hate retrospective views – but when we look back in 10 or 20 years and we consider that peak decade it was – second-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-third-second – when you look at it from that perspective, you kind of say ‘that was okay’.”
Tsunoda reveals “biggest mistake”
Yuki Tsunoda says his clash with Oscar Piastri at the Mexican Grand Prix was his “biggest mistake” of the 2023 season.
Tsunoda was running eighth when he collided with the McLaren driver at turn two on lap 48, dropping him eight places before he recovered to finish 12th. He admitted that he had “a couple of regrets” during…
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