Lora Villars asks to suspend the FIA presidential election.
One of the potential candidates for the FIA presidency, Swiss racing driver Laura Villars, after consulting with lawyers filed a lawsuit against the federation in a Paris court.
The aim of the suit is to challenge the current rules that effectively prevent her, as well as Tim Mayer, who recently announced he would not run in the election, from mounting a real challenge to the incumbent president Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
According to AFP, Villars applied to the Paris Court of First Instance asking to "suspend the FIA presidential election until a decision is made on the merits of this dispute."
The first hearing is scheduled for November 10 — almost exactly a month before the election, which will be held in Uzbekistan on December 12, the day before the FIA's annual awards ceremony.
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Lora Villars asks to suspend the FIA presidential election.
One of the potential candidates for the post of FIA president, Swiss driver Laura Villars, after consulting with lawyers, filed a lawsuit against the federation in a Paris court.