A real interview
The one conducted by colleagues from The Race with Stefano Domenicali – president and CEO of F1 – was an interview in which credit must be given both to the journalists who asked the questions and to the Imola manager himself, for engaging in a frank dialectical confrontation. An exercise not so common these days, that of asking – and allowing to be asked – uncomfortable questions, to which sincere answers are given.
And it was an interview that aroused many reactions, as was to be expected, on which FormulaPassion.it also focused its attention to better understand both the direction of F1 and the profile of the average fan to whom the category is referring in this period.
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Are the onboards obscured? Domenicali denies
A part of the back-and-forth concerned the discontent of historical fans and the “conspiracy theories about obscured onboards” (as called by The Race journalists) that arose in the first races of 2026.
This was Stefano Domenicali’s response: “Thank you for the question. People don’t have much to do honestly. To think that we are protecting or hiding something is absurd. This is our package, this is what we want to show people. I want to get out of this negativity, because I don’t perceive it. That said, we listen to everyone, you know me. I’m not shouting and I’m not closing the door by not listening to comments. Listening to these people who evoke this type of conspiracy theories is always very important because everyone can teach us something, but obviously there must be someone who synthesizes and has an overall vision to manage the situation,” commented the F1 president.
