Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has said new FIA race director Rui Marques “has done a very good job” in his previous role, as he steps up to the role in Formula 1. Marques had served as race director in Formula 2 and Formula 3 at race weekends,

Niels Wittich, the FIA’s Formula One race director, has allegedly been fired with three races of the season remaining after what sources described as a falling out with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

Niels Wittich has left his role as Formula 1's race director with immediate effect. The German, who had been in the role since 2022, "has stepped down from his position to pursue new opportunities," the FIA said in a statement to BBC Sport.