India, March 21 -- The president of the FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, has been cleared of any wrongdoing after last year's accusations about his participation in Formula 1 races surfaced. A whistleblower's allegations about two events that happened in 2023 prompted the FIA's Compliance Department to launch an inquiry. The initial charge was that Ben Sulayem had a hand in the stewards' decision to reverse Fernando Alonso's punishment during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. During the second incident, which took place during the Grand Prix in Las Vegas, allegations surfaced that Ben Sulayem had pushed for the FIA to reject the track certification for Formula 1's newest event site.

The FIA Compliance Officer and its six-member Ethics Committee ca...