PARIS (AP) — Swiss-Italian driver Laura Villars says she is challenging the FIA’s election rules in a Paris court case that could delay the auto racing governing body’s upcoming election.

Villars is fighting electoral rules which made it harder for her and other would-be candidates to challenge incumbent FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

Villars said the Judicial Court of Paris had ordered a hearing for Nov. 10 with the FIA. She said she is seeking to have December’s election delayed until the court can rule on whether FIA election rules conform with the organization’s own statutes.

In comments to The Associated Press, Villars said she was aiming to ensure the FIA lived up to a pledge to “respect the highest standards of governance, transparency, and democracy” in its statutes.

“My

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