These are not easy days for the Russian and Belarusian pilots. Like the athletes of their compatriots in almost all sports, in fact, the drivers and car teams are also suffering the repercussions of the response implemented by the international community against Russia after the troops from Moscow invaded – now more than a week ago – the territory of Ukraine. In recent days there have been many decisions defined by the International Federation against drivers and teams linked to the attacking country. Russian and Belarusian teams have been banned from FIA competitions. The Russian GP was canceled from the F1 calendar and the contract for future events was torn apart. Only the pilots were not directly affected by the ‘ban’, but as long as they respect several non-negotiable points.
In fact, every Russian or Belarusian athlete will have to “compete in an individual or neutral capacity; do not show any Russian or Belarusian national symbols; publicly acknowledge the ‘strong commitment made by the FIA to be in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, the Federation Automobile of Ukraine and all those who suffer from the ongoing conflict’ “. In Formula 1 everyone’s eyes are on Nikita Mazepinwhose father Dmitry is very attached to the Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The only way Mazepin would have to participate in the 2022 World Championship – unless he is ousted from the grid directly by his team, Haas – would be to recognize all the points mentioned above. To further complicate the situation, however, there is the fact that some countries – Germany, Finland and the United Kingdom – have banned Russian and Belarusian drivers from their competitions.
The intention of the British would therefore be to prevent Mazepin, among others, from being able to race in the country. According to reports from various international sites, including the BBC and RacingNews365, however, the Russian would still have a chance to take part in the next British GP, scheduled at Silverstone on 3 July 2022, thanks to a regulatory quibble. The UK automobile federation has jurisdiction – like every other local federation – only over non-international events. For the latter the final supervision is by the FIA, as stated in article 2.2.4 of the FIA’s International Sporting Code. The SuperLicense itself, necessary to be able to compete in F1, is issued by the FIA. Therefore the United Kingdom federation could not invalidate it autonomously, without going through the Federation. If Mazepin were to comply with all the requests of the Federation, therefore, it seems difficult to think of his possible exclusion from individual races on the sole basis of the will of a national automobile federation.
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