Comments on: Ari Vatanen: The man who would challenge Max Mosley (Video)

By: dayne dewsbury

dayne dewsbury — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:15:05 +0000

Not all of the teams would be happy to deal with him, renault in particular, although, the ferrari powered teams may submit to him as he is instrumental in the purchase of their powerplants for next year. Also, many may just see him as m.mosley the second. a shorter, chubbier clone, but just french. my personal view is that vatanen exudes a calm confidence, mixed with the fact that he knows that many of the teams are looking for what he has promised, ” a breath of fresh air in the sport and constant stability”. This wins my vote any time.

By: John H

John H — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:51:19 +0000

That run up the Pikes Peak hill climb is just incredible. He speaks much too much sense to be FIA president though I think

By: monaco73

monaco73 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:05:44 +0000

you’re welcome Keith!

By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:47:35 +0000

I thought this guy spoke a lot of sense in the BBC interview. F1 needs a big change – im sure the right person will get the job in the end (hopefully!)

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:42:02 +0000

Thanks very much for that monaco73! I’m going to regret not studying Finnish at high school…

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:59:24 +0000

I dont know how he would be as head of FIA, but his views on carbon footprint and the green movement are spot on. It is the biggest scam the liberal of the world and the new world order types have going right now and they have their new alter boy in the US as president.
The more he soeaks the more I like Ari.
Maybe he should move to the US and run for office.

By: GeorgeK

GeorgeK — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:20:42 +0000

Ari sounds like a clever guy. One of his recent statements was to the effect one of his first policy requests will be changing the rigged deck max instituted ala naming of an entire cabinet along with his election. His reason? If the FIA members disagree with his governance he’ll be easily voted out in four years.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:49:54 +0000

The greatest obstacle he has to overcome is they system Max had put in place to perpetuate his stay in power.
I had often wondered why Max never seemed to have any opposition to his position, but with this article everything is clear.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76759

By: monaco73

monaco73 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:34:46 +0000

sure, it was at a press conf in MONACO, not Paris, sorry about that, together with Jean Todt for the Finnish media. I haven’t seen much of it translated (there’s a few comments on other blogs translated by Finns) but here’s a couple of links and rough translations…

http://www.iltalehti.fi/vaalit/200905259640938_vl.shtml

http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/artikkeli/Europarlamentaarikko+Ari+Vatanen+Iso+hiilijalanjälki+on+merkki+menestyksestä/1135246183829

http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2009/05/big_carbon_footprint_equals_we.html

Hiilidioksidipäästöjen välttäminen on ehkä stalinismin ohella suurin hype, jonka olen elämässäni kokenut, mies oli pohdiskellut Monacossa.
THE FEAR OF CARBON EMMISSIONS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HYPE SINCE STALINISM WHICH I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE, THE MAN PONDERED AT MONACO

Tämä on marxilaisuuteen ja Neuvostoliittoon pettyneen vihreän liikkeen keksimää syyllistämistä. Ihmisten syyllistäminen ja maailmanlopulla pelottelu ovat vallankäyttöä, hän jatkaa.
THIS (CLIMATE CHANGE) IS DISSAPOINTMENT IN MARXISM AND THE SOVIET UNION FROM THE GREEN MOVEMENT, INVENTED TO PUT THE BLAME ON PEOPLE. MAKING PEOPLE FEEL GUILTY AND THE FEAR OF THE END OF THE WORLD IS AN ABUSE OF POWER, HE CONTINUED.

- Suuri hiilijalanjälki tarkoittaa hyvinvointia. Miksi ihmisiä syyllistetään materiaalisesta hyvinvoinnista? Vatanen puuskahtaa.
GROWING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT IS A SIGN OF WELL BEING…

Of course he is entitled to his opinions, but as a candidate for the head of the FIA, his views on carbon emissions might just be significant…

My overall worry with the movements at the FIA and F1 particularly at the moment is that 1) they plump for a candidate like Todt, who has tremendous experience in modern F1 running a team as well as rallying and other motorsport…but could be a divisive and authoritarian figure, not to mention leanings towards Ferrari.

Or then 2) the FIA goes for a policy man, such as Vatanen, more of a politician and a uniter, but soft on the commercial and technical issues.

Its going to be hard to appoint the right person for the job, I reckon there needs to be a good strong figurehead, the very public face, backed up by 2 (newly appointed) very senior technical and commercial heads. In effect a change in the way the thing is run altogether. Simply replacing Max and leaving the organization to tie itself in knots down the line will not be in the best interests of F1…

In the meantime, let’s get racing and looking forward to Webber sticking it to them tomorrow!

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:20:02 +0000

I’ve heard versions of that quote before but haven’t found a source for it – if anyone’s got one I’d like to have a look at it.