A letter, seen by RacingNews365.com, was despatched to all groups from Sacha Woodward, Basic Counsel and member of the board of administrators at F1, and Renee Wild, chief authorized and administrative officer of Liberty Media Company, following the feedback made by President Mohammed Ben Sulayem on social media.

It said that the FIA President’s feedback “intrude[d] with our [commercial] rights in an unacceptable method” when he referred to an “alleged inflated price ticket of $20 billion” reported.

F1: Ben Sulayem “overstep[ped] the bounds of the FIA’s remit”

F1 believes President Ben Sulayem’s “overstep[ped] the bounds of each the FIA’s remit and its contractual rights”, by making feedback suggesting potential consumers “apply frequent sense” moderately than “a lot of cash”.

The letter said that: “Formulation 1 has the unique proper to take advantage of the industrial rights within the FIA Formulation One World Championship.

“Additional, the FIA has given unequivocal undertakings that it’s going to not do something to prejudice the possession, administration and/or exploitation of these rights.

“We think about that these feedback, created from the FIA President’s official social media account, intrude with our rights in an unacceptable method.”

The letter additionally detailed Formulation 1’s stance on any potential buy requiring session with the FIA previous to sale: “[Any suggestion or implication that] any potential purchaser of the Formulation 1 enterprise is required to seek the advice of with the FIA is incorrect”.

It continued: “Any particular person or organisation commenting on the worth of a listed entity or its subsidiaries, particularly claiming or implying possession of inside data whereas doing so, dangers inflicting substantial injury to the shareholders and traders of that entity, to not point out potential publicity to critical regulatory penalties.

“To the diploma that these feedback injury the worth of Liberty Media Company, the FIA could also be liable because of this.”

When requested, the FIA declined to remark.