FIA lifts ban on Russian competitors amid protest

The FIA has lifted its ban on Russian competitors, with Ukraine escalating its protest and filing a complaint to the FIA ethics committee.

The FIA has lifted its ban on Russian competitors in international motorsport, as reported by BBC Sport. The outlet said Ukraine’s minister for youth and sport argued the decision was wrong because, in his view, the circumstances behind the original restriction had not changed.

BBC Sport also reported that Ukraine had escalated its protest over the move. Autosport reported that the Ukrainian Automobile Federation filed a formal complaint with the FIA ethics committee and requested an urgent investigation into the Russian Automobile Federation.

No outcome from that ethics complaint has been announced in the supplied reports. The available coverage supports the decision itself and Ukraine’s response, but not any further FIA action at this stage.