Jean Todt - New FIA President

[Zack]

Finally it looks like Max Molsey's game is amost over.

Who will replace Mosley?

Here are few under speculation ...

• Michel Boeri - currently presides over both the Monaco automobile club as well as the FIA senate.
  
  Hermann Tomczyk - currently FIA's Vice-President
  
  Jean Todt - Hardcore, Disciplined, Objective ... Deeply connected with Ferrari.
  
  Ron Dennis -
  
  Jackie Stewart - just ten months older than Mosley!
  
  Nick Craw - president of the Automobile Competition Committee of the United States
  
  Francois Fillon - French prime minister ..dream to be FIA's president.
  
  Marco Piccinini - the Italian deputy president of the FIA
  
  Jurgen Hubbert - the former long-time chief of the manufacturer DaimlerChrysler
  
  Vicky Chandhok - Head of Indian ASN
  
  Ari Vatanen - Current Role Finnish Politician!!!
  
  Gerhard Berger

Discuss ...

[TwistedArmco]

Todt and Dennis should be out of the question, simply through their affiliation with the two greatest teams ever to have participated in Formula One. I would say a neutral ex-driver of some sport (whether it be F1 or not, with Vatanen and Berger in mind) would be the best choice. Anyone minor and not likely to favour a big team would also be good.

[JoostLamers]

I think it'll be Ari Vatanen, as Olav Mol says he'll be the next FIA pres.

[Zack]

I think it'll be Ari Vatanen, as Olav Mol says he'll be the next FIA pres.

Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament 1999-2009. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times.

Rally driver are usually
Err .. but politicians

[JoostLamers]

He looks a bit like Max Mosley, but then younger

[blizzard]

Jackie Stewart would be good, I always rated him highly.

I think Hubbert, Dennis and Berger are not in the poll.
Hubbert stands for the manufacturers, after the FIA - FOTA war unimagineable, would be like a Sith in the Jedi High Council

Berger has no experience in sports politics and no lobby inside the FIA.

Dennis has always been critical towards the FIA and I don´t think he even considers the job himself.

I read on various sources that Jean Todt is amongst the favourites, well I think his personality suits the job 100%, but his former Ferrari connection might be a problem. Although he fell out with Montezemolo and has nothing to do with the current Ferrari team, but...

I don´t know the others, but I would like somebody who let´s things run and doesn´t intervene much, like the previous president Jean-Marie Balestre, who kept the rules pretty constant for years. So maybe the italian or french candidate wuld be a good choice.

I think all F1 fans worldwide want constant rules, it was arguably the worst thing about Mosley´s 16 years as president, the rule changes nearly every year, the fans and teams are sick and tired of that.

[Blindkiller]

Jean Todt without a doubt.

[swca92]

If Todt takes over I'll be furious, he's hated by all the teams except Ferrari and will be seen as biased even if he isn't. Someone quiet and unknown should take over.

[Totopupu]

I hope it will be again Mosley

[Zack]

I hope it will be again Mosley

ohh no! why?

[AzShadow]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76759

That article explains how Mosley has ensured that he may continue easily if he wishes and anyway basically decide the next president. Pretty much how dictators do it, but of course Mosley doesn't want to be called like that.

[iceman1]

Analysis: Vatanen's name not enough

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76759

Spoiler:

By Jonathan Noble Tuesday, July 7th 2009, 11:47 GMT

Ari VatanenAri Vatanen's high profile in the motor racing world may make him a serious contender to become FIA president, whether or not he ends up standing against Max Mosley in October, but the governing body's voting system means he will not just be able to rely on his own reputation.

The former world rally champion is a popular figure within the motor racing world. Beyond that, he has experience of politics, having been a member of the European Parliament from 1999 until this year, plus has had a role within the governing body as a trustee for the FIA Foundation.

However, success in the fight for FIA president is not just about the attributes of the single man standing for the top job - because it requires a whole 22-strong 'cabinet' list to be nominated prior to the election taking place.

This cabinet system was introduced in 2005, just prior to Mosley successfully winning another term as president after standing unopposed. The original aim of the cabinet system was to ensure that wild card candidates could not put themselves forward and hope to capitalise on merely a negative vote for the current president.

In a letter sent in 2005, prior to the FIA senate approving the cabinet system, Mosley said: "In order to be successful, a candidate for the presidency would need the open support and backing of major participants in the FIA.

"This would mean that the presidency would tend to go to someone with a team and a programme, both of which had broad support throughout the FIA rather than the backing of any particular interest group."

In a reminder document sent last week by the FIA to national motoring authorities worldwide, which has been seen by AUTOSPORT, the process by which the elections at the General Assembly on October 23 will take place were laid out.

It confirmed that the list of candidates for president may be submitted from September 11 to October 2. The document also said that an application to stand for president had to include the 'full name, position and signature' of each of the 22 candidates being put forward to form the 'cabinet'.

This core group of people must include a President of the Senate, a Deputy President for Sport, a Deputy President for Automobile Mobility and Tourism, five members of the Senate, seven vice-presidents of the FIA for Sport and seven vice-presidents of the FIA for Automobile Mobility and Tourism.

Assembling a 22-strong team ready to be so public in its support is not an insurmountable problem, but one big difficulty is that none of the individuals on one presidential hopeful's list can be present on another.

The FIA document said: "A list cannot include a candidate who is already registered on another list, on pain of ineligibility of the said candidate. Should such be the case, (and after the identification by the FIA Secretariat) the list reader must provide a replacement for the ‘lost' candidate in the conditions set out in the FIA Internal Regulations."

The impact of the system is that it is almost certainly beneficial to the incumbent. So, should Mosley choose to stand again, he will likely have in place the strongest team with the most widespread support - leaving rivals with no option but to choose a team of different cabinet members who may not be anywhere near as influential.

Furthermore, if there is more than one candidate that chooses to go up against Mosley, then that could further dilute the strength of the members of each of their rival cabinets.

Should Mosley see through with his decision not to stand again, then his influence over elections could still sway matters. The candidate who has his support could end up with his best cabinet members - which would be a massive boost to the chances of success.

While the FIA and Formula 1 teams await with baited breath to see if Mosley will stand again in October's elections, the fight for the future presidency will be as much about what takes place behind closed doors up until October 23 as it will be about what happens in the ballot boxes on election day.

Ari Was world champion in a major series, and Has political experience

[Zack]

I'd go for Chandhok - he would maybe bring F1 further towards India, and he could get his son (i presume) into the FI and get Fisi out

Zack wants him also.

WE NEED RON

sure he is better than many including Ron Dennis .. but lacks international experience



Dennis possible for FIA President – Chandhok

Vicky Chandhok, motorsport boss and former President of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India, and the father of GP2 driver Karun, has been mentioned as one possible successor to Max Mosley.

He told the Indian daily Asian Age: "It is certainly a great privilege to see my name doing the rounds along with Dennis and (Jean) Todt. But I personally feel that I am not ready for it."

Chandhok has long been associated with the Paris based FIA, and is known in the paddock for being close to F1 Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone.

Also mentioned as potential candidates for Mosley's job this week have been American Nick Craw, the FIA sporting President, and 1981 world rally champion-turned European parliamentarian Ari Vatanen.


However Dennis ruled himself out as a possible successor to Max Mosley earlier this year whilst still Team Principal at McLaren Mercedes.

“Anybody who’s in a position of leadership of a company has to live, sleep and breathe that brand, and I think it would be impossible for me - even though I consider myself extremely disciplined - to be completely impartial regarding all the teams,” he said ahead of the current season.

“I don’t think it’s possible for anyone who’s led a successful team, frankly, and it would therefore be inappropriate for me,” he added.

src:http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/n ... 0707.shtml

[Haukinen]

As a finn and as a big rally-fan I must say Vatanen

[shämito]

Ari Vatanen