Interview with Mohammed Ben Sulayem: “Now I can tell you that 'the FIA house' is back! »
Three years after its creation, what is your first assessment of the World Rally Raid Championship (W2RC), the latest FIA-branded championship?
At the time I created the UAE Desert Challenge (became the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Editor's note) in 1993, the FIA World Cup had barely been born. It took twenty-nine years for a world championship to appear. Now, stakeholders must ensure that W2RC endures. Africa becomes a territory present this year with the South African Safari (May 18-24. Editor’s note), and that’s an excellent thing. The FIA cannot take sole responsibility for this championship. It must pull its weight, but there is also a strong promoter who must not
