Rosberg: Ben Sulayem has an opportunity to make changes

Rosberg told Sky Sports F1 that he believes that the new FIA President, Ben Sulayem, has "an opportunity to make changes", in the aftermath of one of the most exciting F1 seasons the sport has witnessed, as season that had its controversies, with the season finale in Abu Dhabi being a standout in this regards.

"The sport needs to make progress," Rosberg said. "It starts even with all the overtaking, the wheel-to-wheel action. The FIA needs to tighten all that up so that we don't have all these discussions.

"It would be better for the sport if it was much easier to understand," the 2016 F1 Champion went on. "Also in wheel-to-wheel racing; who is now right and wrong, what needs to be done. A quick decision is made, and we go on.

"We need to get rid of all these discussions, that's important," he insisted.

In the same context of Rosberg's statement, the German's former team boss at Mercedes Toto Wolff, who has previously said that his team and their star driver Lewis Hamilton are "disillusioned" of how things transpired at Abu Dhabi's final race, is feeling optimistic, according to Sky Sports F1.

"Why I am optimistic is that most stakeholders in the sport will share my frustration on the decisions that have been made throughout the year," Wolff said.

"Everyone who is a racer, you guys, us, knows what happened," he claimed. "So nevertheless, I have confidence because we will all be pulling on the same rope in the same direction.

"The teams, and I have had feedback from the teams, and from the drivers," the Austrian revealed.

"I had assurances from [FIA secretary general of Motor Sport] Peter Bayer and Stefano [Domenicali, F1 president] that in the next weeks and months we will close the gaps that have opened up more and more over the last few years," Wolff explained.

Before being replaced by Mohammed Ben Sulayem, former FIA president Jean Todt launched a detailed analysis of what happened in Abu Dhabi's final race of the season, to draw conclusions and learn lessons for the future.

When Mercedes announced their appeal withdrawal, they stated that they will keep a close eye on the FIA's analysis and that they would hold the FIA "to account" in that regards.