SAKHIR: Robert Reid said he had resigned as an FIA deputy president on Thursday due to a “fundamental breakdown in governance standards” within motorsport’s world governing body.
The Scot was a prominent member of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s team, with the Emirati expected to seek re-election in December.
The resignation, after Reid and Motorsport UK head David Richards opposed the governing body’s recent statute changes, will be a talking point ahead of the weekend’s Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix.