FIA Elects New President
October 23, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Press Releases
Jean Todt has been elected President of the FIA for a four-year term by the FIA General Assembly at its annual meeting in Paris.
The FIA membership voted as follows:
For Jean Todt: 135
For Ari Vatanen: 49
Abstentions/invalid votes: 12
Voting in the General Assembly was made by secret ballot. The votes were counted in private by the FIA legal department, under the supervision of scrutineers proposed by the two presidential candidates and designated by the General Assembly.
The entire voting procedure was supervised by an external Huissier de Justice (French state-appointed public witness).
The following were also elected as part of Mr Todt’s candidacy list:
President of the Senate
Nick Craw, President, Automobile Competition Committee for the US (USA)
Deputy President Automobile Mobility & Tourism
Brian Gibbons, Chief Executive, New Zealand Automobile Association (New Zealand)
Deputy President Sport
Graham Stoker, Council Chairman, Motor Sports Association (UK)
Senate Members
Hernan Gallegos Banderas, President, Automovil Club del Ecuador (Ecuador)
HH Tunku Mudzaffar bin Tunku Mustapha, Chairman, Automobile Association of Malaysia (Malaysia)
S.H. Rudolf Graf von der Schulenburg, President, Automobilclub von Deutschland (Germany)
Carlos Slim Domit, Patron, Asociación Mexicana Automovilistica (Mexico)
Jainchang Yan, Deputy President, Federation of Automobile Sports of China (China)
Mobility Vice Presidents
Carlos Barbosa, President, Automovel Club de Portugal (Portugal)
Victor Dumot, President, Touring and Automobile Club of Paraguay (Paraguay)
Ignacio Gonzalez Fausto, President, Asociación Mexicana Automovilistica (Mexico)
Gus Lagman, President, Automobile Association Philippines (Philippines)
Franco Lucchesi, Delegate to the FIA, Automobile Club d’Italia (Italy)
Jorge Rosales, President, Automobile Club of Argentina (Argentina)
Danijel Starman, President, Avto-moto zveza Slovenije (Slovenia)
Sport Vice Presidents
José Abed, President, Organizacion Mexicana del Deporte Automovilistico Internacional (Mexico)
Michel Boeri, President, Automobile Club de Monaco (Monaco)
Morrie Chandler, Honorary President, MotorSport New Zealand (New Zealand)
Enrico Gelpi, President, Automobile Club d’Italia (Italy)
Carlos Gracia, President, Real Federación Española de Automovilismo (Spain)
Mohamed ben Sulayem, President, Automobile and Touring Club for United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Surinder Thatthi, Automobile Association of Tanzania (Tanzania)
23-Oct-09: Jean Todt Replaces Max as FIA President
October 23, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Daily F1 News
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This is F1 Minute and it’s the 23rd October 2009.
The FIA Presidency elections were held today and there was no waiting around for the result. About midday it was confirmed that Jean Todt had won the vote by 135 to Vatanen’s 49, with 12 non-votes. Todt’s first speech as President announced that he would be appointing commissioners to each world championship, so that he doesn’t have to run every single sport himself. Speculation begins now over who the F1 Commissioner will be. Meanwhile, FOTA chief Luca di Montezemolo said: “I am sure that, under his guidance, the Federation will be rejuvenated and will restore a climate open to dialogue and constructive collaboration with the teams and FOTA, thus ensuring stability of the regulations and the whole environment.”
Meanwhile, Donington Park is looking ever more shaky, as they confirmed their bond scheme has not worked. They are in crisis talks with Bernie, but it’s clear they need a serious investor to bail them out now.
That’s all for today, I’ll be back tomorrow with another F1 Minute.
FIA Election
October 20, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Press Releases
Following today’s meeting to agree procedures for the upcoming FIA elections, Ari Vatanen has withdrawn his court application.
At the meeting, chaired by FIA President Max Mosley, both candidates endorsed the fairness of the FIA’s proposed voting procedure. The following elements of the procedure were confirmed:
- The presidential elections will be supervised by a Huissier de Justice throughout the entire procedure.
- There will be a private voting area for marking ballot papers available for those voters who would like to use it.
- Each candidate, along with their speakers in support, will be given an opportunity to present their case to the General Assembly for a maximum of 15 minutes. Mr Todt and his team will take the floor first.
FIA Elections
October 2, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Press Releases
Nominations for the presidency of the FIA close today.
The FIA has received applications from two candidates, Jean Todt and Ari Vatanen. Each has submitted a list of deputies and vice-presidents representing Sport and Mobility, in accordance with the FIA Statutes.
The presidential candidates and their nominees for Senate president have been invited to a meeting on Tuesday 20 October with the FIA president and the FIA secretariat to finalise arrangements for the election.
These will include agreement on the number of speakers for each candidate, the length of their speeches and those of the two candidates, as well as the order of speaking.
Details of the voting procedures will also be discussed. The two candidates will each be invited to nominate scrutineers to be selected by the General Assembly. The entire procedure will be overseen, as usual, by a huissier de justice (a French state-appointed public witness).
The successful candidate will be invited to assume the chairmanship of the meeting as soon as his identity is known.
Men of the Moment
July 11, 2009 by Mr. C
Filed under F1 Big Picture
Mark Webber talks to Ari Vatanen in the Red Bull Motorhome on Saturday. Vatanen publically announced his intention to stand against Max Mosley for the FIA Presidency this October, whilst Webber scored his first ever F1 podium, with a reasonably strong fuel load to boot.
Credit: Mark Thompson/Getty Images
07-Jul-09: Max Mosley Could Face Competition for Presidency
July 7, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Daily F1 News
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It’s the 7th July 2009 and this is F1 Minute.
It’s politics catch-up day today, with news that there may be someone to stand against Max Mosley when the FIA presidency is up for grabs in October. Former rally champion Ari Vatanen admits he is considering standing, saying: “I think it is time for a change. At the moment I am consulting the member clubs and am already seeing positive feedback.” He says he would stand even if he wasn’t sure of success, which is good because Mosley keeps on reiterating how much support he has to attempt another term as President.
Elsewhere, some of the teams that weren’t chosen for the 2010 entry list have been questioning how the decision was made. Reuters reports that one of the heads of a team said that he was advised: “for my application to have any chance of success, I would need to report Cosworth as my engine supplier for three season.” Of course, the three new teams do have Cosworth as their supplier but there’s no proof the company asked for or were given special treatment.
That’s all for now, I’ll be back tomorrow with another F1 Minute.
