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[WouterF1]

Horrible news!

 

 

Ben Sulayem son dead, reportedly after carcrash

Multiple reports in UAE media confirmed that the son of FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem, Saif Muhammad bin Salim has died, unofficial reports claim he was killed in a car crash.

Saif dabbled in motorsport over the years and drove an ATCUAE-backed Tatuus F4 scoring 27 points and finishing 14th in the country’s Formula 4 series. He stopped racing at the end of the 2016-2017 UAE racing season.

Like his father, Saif shared a passion for fast cars as is evident on his Instagram account, which features iconic sportscars, as well as photos of his Ben Sulayem senior’s grand collection of supercars.

Sources in Dubai claim that the young Ben Sulayem was involved in a car accident, which resulted in his death on Tuesday. This, however, has yet to be officially confirmed, but today local newspapers did report the passing and mourning schedule as per Islamic traditions.

Emarat Al Youm reported: “On Tuesday, Saif Muhammad bin Salim Al-Falasi, Muhammad Ahmed bin Sulaym, moved to the side of his Lord (has died)”

An Al Khaleej report added: “It is scheduled that the body will be buried after the noon prayer today in Al Qusais cemetery in Dubai, while the condolences will be held in the mourning tent in Al Mamzar.”

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From another news site (so it looks like this horible news is true):

https://www.emaratal...03-08-1.1725848

The death of Saif Muhammad bin Salim Al-Falasi

Yesterday evening, Tuesday, Saif Muhammad bin Salim Al-Falasi, son of Muhammad Ahmed bin Sulaym, moved to the side of his Lord.

It is scheduled that the body will be buried after the noon prayer today in Al Qusais cemetery in Dubai, while the men's condolences
 will be held in the mourning tent in Al Mamzar, Street No. 4,
 while the women's condolences will be held in Al Mamzar.. Street No. 4, Villa No

Edited by WouterF1, 09 March 2023 - 11:38.

[Astandahl]

Awful stuff.

Too many people die on the road.

[Desdirodeabike]

Very sad. A parent should not outlive his children.

Edited by jcbc3, 09 March 2023 - 13:07.

[Rediscoveryx]

Very sad news.

[absinthedude]

Just popping in to say this is awful news. I cannot imagine what MBS and his family are going through. 

[William Hunt]

That's terrible and still so young. 

[JL14]

Sad news.

Edited by jcbc3, 09 March 2023 - 13:50.

[Risil]

Posts removed, please don't speculate without evidence on the causes of the accident.

[MKSixer]

Condolences to MBS.  As stated previously, no parent should outlive their children.  

[Frood]

Very sad, my condolences to the family.

Without knowing the details of the accident (and not speculating on this accident in particular, just a general rant) I know that the FIA do a lot of work on road safety; however, I wish they'd take road transgressions by drivers a lot more seriously. Off the top of my head, in the last couple of years we've had at least three drivers in high-level FIA series (not to mention the current MotoGP world champion, so the FIM too) in trouble for being stupid on the road, but it has been brushed under the carpet by the FIA. I think they need to be tougher on those drivers who cannot behave on the road, such as Dan Ticktum, Alessio Deledda - and most egregiously the currently banned from the road Amaury Cordeel - with suspensions and bans on circuit to get the point across.

Edited by Frood, 09 March 2023 - 18:01.

[Cliff]

No parent should have to go through the pain of losing a child. Awful news.

[ANF]

Tragic news. Regardless of how the accident happened it's a sad reminder of why safety should come first both on the road and on the race track.

[AustinF1]

Awful. So sad. Condolences to MBS and his family.

[TecnoRacing]

 Terribly sad...do we know if Saif Muhammad was his only child?

[Ragingjamaican]

That's a shame. Can't imagine what he's going through, his son looked young with a life ahead of him!

[WouterF1]

 Terribly sad...do we know if Saif Muhammad was his only child?

I think not because it was read he was his youngest son (29).

[jals99]

RIP