Formula 1’s commercial rights holders FOM and the sport’s governing body, the FIA, have not always seen eye-to-eye on every issue in recent years.
So what was said when FOM CEO Stefano Domenicali met FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem in the paddock last year?
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osnola
6th January 2024, 12:28
Please do not touch me there..
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
6th January 2024, 12:54
One two, cha-cha-cha. Three four, cha-cha-cha…
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
6th January 2024, 12:55
Mohammed ben Sulayem: “No tongues, Stefano”
jamt
6th January 2024, 14:34
No Andretti!
Goriot
6th January 2024, 14:45
Don’t overtake me: remember Abu Dhabi ’21.
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
6th January 2024, 14:54
Damn, even this cardboard looks like he’s about to ask for another big dollar street race.
bip
6th January 2024, 15:01
Stefano: come on then Andretti, outside now and let’s see yer engine deal…I’ll ‘ave ya!!
Mohammed: Leave it Stefano mate, leave it…he’s not worth it!
MichaelV12 (@michaelv12)
6th January 2024, 15:22
Both singing Beatles tune:
“Help me get my feet back on the grou-ou-ound…
Won’t you please, please help me?”
Kurt Laguna
6th January 2024, 15:41
“If my wife calls, I stayed at your place last night, understood and I wasn’t anywhere close to the Andretti Hospitality Suite, honest”
charliex (@photogcw)
6th January 2024, 17:12
Stefano: Do you have the Manufacturer’s Trophy?
MBS: No. I thought you had it.
Forrest Gump (@forrestgump)
6th January 2024, 18:04
I know you lie because your lips are movin
Tell me do you think I’m dumb?
I might be young, but I ain’t stupid
Talking circles with your tongue
aka Meghan Trainor… :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDc_5zpBj7s
Rahman (@arahman93)
6th January 2024, 18:09
MBS: Woaw woaw woaw where are you going Stefano only the “owners” of F1 are allowed down there.
RR
6th January 2024, 18:13
No Stefano, it’s not a real Rolex. I keep all my real Rolexes in a bank safe in Zurich.
Bitten&Hisses (@al-perry)
6th January 2024, 18:25
Stefano: I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse. Now, you just go outside and enjoy yourself, and, uh, forget about all this ANDRETTI nonsense. I want you, I want you to leave it all to me.
FlyingLap (@flyinglapp)
6th January 2024, 18:38
I’ll lead, you follow Mo, but don’t stand on my toes.
X1Znet (@x1znet)
6th January 2024, 21:58
Are we on the Epstein name list?!?
Red Andy (@red-andy)
6th January 2024, 22:34
Max said WHAT about sprint races?
Only Facts!
6th January 2024, 22:45
Help me Stefano, I’m afraid the Wolffs are coming after me!
Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
6th January 2024, 22:51
Here Stefano have the jacket off my back. Just no more races in a season PLEASE.
Tristan
6th January 2024, 23:24
Sulayem could be seen taking the physical approach to wrestling control of F1.
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
6th January 2024, 23:33
Calm down Stefano!
Calm down??? I just heard the. FIA has appointed Dieter as F1 commissioner, and you ask me to calm down???
Derek Edwards
6th January 2024, 23:33
You may be the commercial rights holder, Stefano, but I’m the commercial rights holder holder.
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
7th January 2024, 1:58
Very Good.
MichaelV12 (@michaelv12)
7th January 2024, 7:22
Excellent.
BamBoomBots
7th January 2024, 0:06
‘You must make sure the Saudi’s don’t find out about us, Stefano! You must!’
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
7th January 2024, 2:06
Now try to take a few steps on your own Ben. I’m telling you, wearing those high heels will definitely get more women back on your side.
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
7th January 2024, 4:58
Are you humming the Dutch Anthem?
Shimks (@shimks)
7th January 2024, 8:55
“Of course I am listening, Stefano. After all, you are a man.”
Benjamin Brown (@benjib)
7th January 2024, 8:58
Salsa classes are introduced between the FOM and FIA to help ease tensions.
Ferdinand
7th January 2024, 8:59
Why Stefano, WHY?! Why did you sell out to those commercial irresponsible business leaders? You were a Ferrari man ffs! You of all people we thought would have a heart for the sport! Is money really more important to you than your personal integrity?!
Mayrton
7th January 2024, 9:01
Wake up Stefano and stop this circusification! Come back from the dark side into the light! Remember this used to be about cars and racing, not clowns and revenue!
Mayrton
7th January 2024, 13:50
People like you silence the voice of the people for profit Stefano. Wake up!
George (@feral)
7th January 2024, 9:27
Is this true Stefano, are you naming circuits CIRCUS and are you getting clowns to replace grid girls?
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
7th January 2024, 9:43
You know that Mohammed ben Sulayem is up to no good, when he places his Stefano Domenicali wax work in the centre of the paddock as a distraction.
MurasamaRA300 (@murasamara300)
7th January 2024, 10:35
New gimmick game of “sprint strip chess”:
SD: I take your glasses
MBS: I take your beard – check
SD: I take your coat
MBS: I take your heart – check mate
Ferdinand
7th January 2024, 13:47
We would have thought it would take them longer to transition you into an obedient employee just following orders. You sold out all you believed in from the get go! To think you once managed a race team is something very hard to believe.
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
7th January 2024, 20:51
Gunther Steiner produced this classic photo when asked for the inspiration behind his now (in)famous quote: “We look like a bunch of …”
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
8th January 2024, 2:25
MBS: “We need to put F1 on Free To Air TV! If we did that then everyone could see the races.”
SD: “How foolish! Then F1 drivers, teams, and associated advertising will become world renowned.”
Todfod (@todfod)
8th January 2024, 7:33
Stefano – “Ben, you need to buy your own jacket… there’s a budget cap for your expenses as well”
NoelyNoel (@noelynoel)
8th January 2024, 14:02
“Friction is sometimes healthy to bring out the best, Stefano!”
Kurt Laguna
8th January 2024, 16:20
“Stefano, Michael let the the backmarkers pass, why did we do it?”
stjs16 (@stjs16)
8th January 2024, 20:53
So that’s how Ferrari were so fast in 2018, they used Helium!
Mooa42
9th January 2024, 4:02
In fact no words were uttered, this shot was moments before Ben proceeded to give Stefano a famous “Glasgow Kiss”
Jungle
9th January 2024, 9:56
“Stefano this is all a bad dream. Where are my ruby slippers! I want to go home!”
Placid (@placid)
10th January 2024, 0:05
Stefano: Why should I be afraid with Andretti Global?
ben Sulayem: Michael has brought Rhonda Rousey as a special enforcer to be sure that they get their entry. DO SOMETHING STEFFI!!!
Stefano: STEFANO!! STEFANO!!!!! MY NAME IS PRONOUCED STEFANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!