Comments on: Ari Vatanen: Exclusive interview on Mosley, budget caps and the F1 calendar

By: rere

rere — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:46:00 +0000

this man is seems good

By: Jay Menon

Jay Menon — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:27:13 +0000

Nice one Keith,

I like Ari, he looks like a nice bloke and he seems very sound unlike Max who not only looks like a loon, but behaves like one too.

Having said that, Jean Todt does have a lot more clout…remains to be seen if Ari can counter that.

By: neracer

neracer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:45:16 +0000

I was backing Ari before I read this interview. He sounds like he has no concept of environmental issues and he knows when to say the right thing. I really enjoy F1 but motorsport has got to accept that it has to moderate it’s use of resources just like everyone else. I am slowly becoming despondent about F1 – lots of rich, corrupt people taking the sport out of everything. Cars have been invented to run on water years ago but not allowed to go into manufacture…because of money.

Good scoop though!

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:04:38 +0000

First of all, congratulations on bagging a truly mammoth interview.

I’m very pleased with what Ari is saying, it sounds like he’s promoting a largely common sense based approach and this genuinely appeals to me. I’ve nothing against Jean Todt, and to be honest I expect that a Todt presidency would still be an improvement over Max, but I’m just a little warmer to the idea of Vatanen getting it.

By: Ronman

Ronman — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:42:12 +0000

Great Work Keith, although I’m impartial in this FIA President Battle, i think Both candidates so far are supremely well qualified, and Ari sounds like a likable guy..

By: Arun Srini

Arun Srini — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:04:49 +0000

Well… he does seem to be a better choice for FIA president than a man who is sure to continue Mosley’s politics.

can you please back this statement with something substantial?

By: Brits on Pole

Brits on Pole — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:41:21 +0000

We think that the extent of Vatanen scepticism about the causes of climate change could be one of the most damaging things to happen to F1 for years. Its public image is bad enough already, and this would wreck it completely.

Sorry and all, but in this respect he is a terrible choice. Trouble is, Todt’s a terrible choice too.

What now? Time to announce your candidacy, Keith?

By: Maksutov

Maksutov — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:20:25 +0000

I am happy Ari is showing great attitude and intelligence to be the right person for the job. However I fear that all this will be for nothing since the voting system itself is corrupt. FIA should allow all members of the motor sports involved to which the FIA governs, to have a say in voting.

What I dont understand is how can a governing body of a motor sport not allow all members of the involved motor sports to have a say in who is to be the president of their governing body!? Clearly a corrupt system. That is like having a system that enables only the business man, or the parliament members to vote on who gets to be the president of an entire country. Just imagine that.

By: Jared404

Jared404 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:21:47 +0000

I hope Vatanen gets the job – I like his attitude to the sport, and the business.

By: snoopy

snoopy — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:50:03 +0000

Heh is so nice to be finnish lol.

Ari would be good president of FIA because he has normally finnish attitude…calm and feet on the ground. Same you have seen in Kimi but he is much more shy and not sure about his english skills.

Because Ari has been in politic in long time as well he knows that negotiation in keay word not just go and tell people what to do. He also understand that without fans there would not be F1.

Unfortunatelly FIA voting is not about biggest autosport countries…small countires who even never have not seen F1 cars have as much as say than excample Germany or UK or USA. That is the way how Max was able to keep his seat after his private life scandal. Todt just need pick up all samll countries and he will be president. Reality is that by small amount of money they would vote even Donald Duck because its not really matter to them who is in FIA.

But good luck to Ari anyway.