Max Mosley archive
Budget cap architect Purnell leaves FIA
Tony Purnell, who helped devise Max Mosley’s controversial budget cap plan, has left the FIA.
Formerly a team principal at Jaguar, Purnell joined the FIA in 2006. Together with fellow technical consultant Peter Wright, Purnell was also involved in introducing 2009’s radical aerodynamic changes designed to aid overtaking.
But the budget cap proposal proved more controversial. The [...]
FIA starts Briatore appeal but softens stance
The FIA has confirmed it will appeal the Tribune de Grande Instance’s verdict against its decision to ban Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds from motor racing.
However it also admitted it would not prevent drivers managed by Briatore, such as Mark Webber, from competing in F1 as it had previously threatened:
While the appeal is underway, the [...]
Briatore’s victory gives the FIA a tough lesson in the limits of its power
The Singapore crash affair is by no means over: I cannot imagine the FIA letting Tuesday’s verdict in favour of Flavio Briatore lie, and Briatore himself has said he may bring further lawsuits.
But now the verdict is out there and the principal players have all said their pieces, it’s time to take stock.
The FIA’s attempt [...]
The FIA goes to the polls
After months of build-up the FIA presidential elections finally take place today.
But will the winner be Max Mosley’s choice Jean Todt, or the fans’ favourite Ari Vatanen?
The bitterly-fought FIA presidential election is too important to ignore
With the FIA presidential election just days away the row over Max Mosley’s efforts to ensure he is succeeded by Jean Todt and not Ari Vatanen is the subject of great scrutiny.
Vatanen has taken the step of appealing to a French court to ensure next week’s elections are carried out fairly, a move which drew [...]
Vatanen says “tide is turning” in his favour but fears voter intimidation
Ari Vatanen feels he is the front runner in the FIA president election race following Max Mosley’s letter urging people to vote for Jean Todt. Vatanen told this site:
It is very sad he has done this. But they know we are leading now. If he knew they were leading he would never write such a [...]
Vote Todt, get Mosley?
Reading Jean Todt’s FIA election manifesto, one line jumped out at me:
For each FIA World Championship we propose appointing a Commissioner responsible for the Federation’s day to day management and governance of the championship.
Now, who do you think Todt might have in mind for the job of F1 Commissioner?
Jean Todt vs Ari Vatanen (Poll)
After beating Jean-Marie Balestre in 1991, Max Mosley never had to face an opponent in an FIA election.
But his successor will: this October Mosley’s preferred choice Jean Todt will stand against ‘independent candidate’ Ari Vatanen. But which is the right man for the job?
Ari Vatanen: The man who would challenge Max Mosley (Video)
Ari Vatanen has declared he will stand for election as president of the FIA in the October elections.
Vatanen is well-known to motor racing fans having been a world rally champion and survived a serious crash in 1985. But his subsequent political career and passion for improving road safety also mark him out as a promising [...]
Save F1 or stick with Mosley: the World Motor Sports Council’s choice (Updated)
Today’s World Motor Sports Council meeting was originally set to ratify the FIA’s planned entry list for 2010.
But the failure of President Max Mosley to supply a list, and the declaration by eight of F1’s ten teams that they will form their own breakaway championship unless he steps aside, leaves the WMSC with a straight [...]
