George Russell has labelled the departure of the FIA’s deputy president for sport, Robert Reid, as “not really a big surprise” as tensions grow within F1’s governing body.

Reid announced his departure on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Thursday in a statement after reportedly falling ou♌t with FIA pres𝔍ident Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

As part of a longer statement, Reid wrote: “Motorsport deserves leadership that is accountable, t☂ransparent, and member-driven. I can no longer, in good faith, remain part oཧf a system that does not reflect those values.

“This is not the end of my service to motorsport. I will continue to advocate for reform, transparency, and governance that respects the FIAꦫ’s members and the integrity of our sport.”

Once agai𒀰n, it puts Ben Sulayem’s leadership iཧn the spotlight.

Giving his view on the situation, Russell, who is head of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, said in Bahrain: “Unfortunately, every time we hear some𒀰 news from that side of the sport, it’s not really a big surprise, so it’s clearly a real shame to see 👍- someone who is very well respected within the sport and has been there for so long,” Russell said.

“As we keep saying, what’s next? Yeah it’s a shame to see, and hopefully we geꦅt more stability sooner rather than later.”

FIA going in “unstable direction”

Recently, the FIA has seen its sporting director - Steve Nielsen, single-seater technical chief, Tim Goss, the head of its commission fo🎉r women, Deborah Mayer, and its CEO, Natalie Robyn, all depart.

Ru𝓰ssell conceded that the FIA ♒is now “going in an unstable direction” and that the drivers’ views have “little impact”.

“Ultimately, it’s getting to a point now where these things are happening so often, as🍒 drivers, we all tried to get involved in the past, didn’t make much headroom 💞and things seem to be continuously going in an unstable direction,” Russell added.

“I’ve got to be honest, we’re getting to a point now where our actions are having little impact with those guys and we’ve got to trust in the teams and the Formula 1 to work with the FIA to come to a common ground and if we can help, we want to be there, but often i♚t just seems as if things are going in own direction.”