Robert Reid: FIA deputy president for sport resigns over ‘breakdown in governance standards’

Robert Reid, deputy president for sport at the FIA, has resigned over what he describes as “a fundamental breakdown in governance standards within motorsport’s global governing body”.

The Scot was a key member of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s leadership team when the Emirati was elected in 2021 but the pair have since fallen out amid a series of controversies surrounding the FIA president.

Reid said in a statement that he was experiencing “growing alarm over critical decisions being made without due process or proper consultation”.

“When I took on this role, it was to serve the FIA’s members, not to serve power,” Reid said.