Las Vegas GP: George Russell says F1 drivers are ‘a bit fed up’ with FIA and Mohammed Ben Sulayem

Mercedes driver George Russell has opened up on the F1 drivers’ strongly-worded public statement which called for more clarity at the FIA; watch the Las Vegas GP live on Sky Sports F1, with coverage starting early on Friday morning and Sunday’s race at 6am.

George Russell says the F1 drivers are “a bit fed up” with the FIA after their public statement which called out its president Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

After the last race in Brazil, the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA), asked Ben Sulayem to “consider his own tone and language”F1 F following the recent swearing row, where Max Verstappen was given F1’s equivalent of community service for using an expletive during a press conference.

We recognise everybody’s working as hard as they can to do the best job possible,” said Russell ahead of this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, live on Sky Sports F1.

“There is obviously a huge amount of change within the FIA quite regularly, so it’s clearly not the most stable of places. And maybe that’s why it’s been a bit challenging to get some of the changes that we’ve wanted implemented.