Russian rider, team leader Maria Oparina Maria Oparina in a conversation with a correspondent, she expressed her support for the Dakar champion Sergei Karyakin who wrote a letter to the president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) asking to exclude political elements from a special document for Russians that must be signed to participate in the championship and the World Cup.
Previously, it was announced that to participate in the Dakar, Russian athletes must complete an FIA questionnaire condemning the special operation in Ukraine.
Available to , a letter from Karyakin to the head of the FIA, Mohammed bin Sulayem, has emerged, in which the driver asks to exclude political points from the newspaper due to the fact that the document “contradicts the principles of neutrality.”
– Naturally, Sergey is a good guy. I fully support the need to try all possible methods to get to the World Cup under the current situation. And I fully support Sergey in the fact that it is necessary to completely exclude the wording concerning any political issues from the documents of the FIA, because it is clearly not about motorsport.
– Will the head of the FIA agree with the arguments and meet us halfway, or will politics play a role?
– I sincerely want to believe that Sergei will succeed. There is less and less time left to get to the Dakar, but unfortunately the political situation is now such that we can expect anything. Water does not flow under a lying stone, you need to try to do something, respecting your principles, and at the same time respecting them.
Have you ever thought about writing a collective letter?
– We can of course send letters to the FIA, but such a task is not worth it, because we do not have time to organize extremely complex logistics. With all land borders closed, it is almost impossible to reach Europe in a short time.
Source : MatchTV
