Swiss racing driver Laura Villars filed legal action Wednesday against motorsport’s governing body to challenge FIA election rules, which she argues prevent her or any other candidate from running against incumbent president Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

The legal summons, seen by AFP, requests a Paris court “to order the suspension of the FIA presidential election until a ruling is made” over the dispute.

The election is due on December 12 and a court hearing has been set for November 10.

Election regulations, amended in June by the current leadership, require candidates to appoint vice-presidents from each of the six global regions, chosen from a list approved by the FIA.

But there is only one person listed from South America, Brazilian Fabiana Ecclestone — the wife of ex-Formula One supremo

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