Todt reveals his FIA senate

[Project 644]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78650

Autosport said:

By Jonathan Noble Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 09:39 GMT


FIA presidential candidate Jean Todt has revealed his full cabinet members list of the key figures who will work for him if he is successful in October's election.

With the official nominations for the election having opened on Friday, Todt is the first man to confirm his senate members, mobility vice presidents and sport vice presidents.

Todt believes the cabinet members (full list below) have exactly the qualities that he thinks the FIA needs to take it into a new era.

"I am delighted to have the support of what I believe is a dynamic leadership team with outstanding experience and knowledge of all the issues central to motoring and motor sport today," said Todt. "It is also a team representative of the entire FIA with members from across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, and Latin America.

"I am particularly proud that so many leading members of the FIA family have backed our vision for the future. Both the sporting and mobility sides of the FIA share common values supporting fairness for consumers and competitors, for safety and sustainability on road and track, and the right to enjoy the freedom that the automobile can provide.

"To coincide with the submission of our full candidacy list our team is also publishing our 'Road Map to Renewal' which summarises our key policy proposals for motor sport and mobility. We recognise that the FIA needs to renew itself and through innovation, excellence and teamwork, we can better meet the needs of our membership and meet the challenges of the years ahead."

Todt's full candidacy list is:

President
Jean Todt

Senate President
Nicholas Craw, President, Automobile Competition Committee of the US (USA)

Deputy President Mobility
Brian Gibbons, President, New Zealand Automobile Association (New Zealand)

Deputy President Sport
Graham Stoker, Board Member, 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, Secretary General, Kenya Motor Sports Federation (Kenya)

Do I recognise the name of the chap second from the bottom? I have a really bad memory for names, is he "41 votes" or is he the fella that crashed the Renault F1 car?

[Graham]

looks like the MSA(UK)'s colours are firmly nailed to Todt's flag then :-(

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Graham said:

looks like the MSA(UK)'s colours are firmly nailed to Todt's flag then :-(

Indeed. It's a shame that even if all the MSA licence holders petitioned Alan Gow to vote for Ari, they probably wouldn't as it would be seen to be voting for the other team.

I think the inclusion of Michel Boeri (sp) is quite a big hitter though.

[FNG]

Surinder Thatti was another who collated a lot of votes in support of MM too wasn't he?

Those suspects aside, a surprising number from Central and South America, a couple from Eastern Europe, one from the Far East.

Europe, Korea, Malaysia etc don't seem terribly well represented.

MSA supporting Todt is a real shame, can't imagine why they think he'd clean up the FiA.

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FNG said:

MSA supporting Todt is a real shame, can't imagine why they think he'd clean up the FiA.

Maybe they don't want him to. I can't think of a reason why, but it's a possibility.

[Asterix]

Project 644 said:

Do I recognise the name of the chap second from the bottom? I have a really bad memory for names, is he "41 votes" or is he the fella that crashed the Renault F1 car?

Yeah - he's the UAE guy - he crashed the Renault. A complete st by all accounts. For a country with such strict cultural values, to back Mosely for what he did is disgraceful and then a few months later he's rewarded as VP of the FIA - no connection at all of course...

[Shuvi]

The MSA aren't supporting Todt's candidature. Graham Stoker is merely an MSA board member that wants this position.

Having said that, who knows what'll happen in the future, things change.

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Shuvi said:

The MSA aren't supporting Todt's candidature. Graham Stoker is merely an MSA board member that wants this position.

Having said that, who knows what'll happen in the future, things change.

so how we (as in licence holders) petition MSA with our views?

[Shuvi]

Well, the easiest thing is to email them, thousands already have(not all of them licence holders of course). So the MSA board are well aware of the general mood. Unless it becomes clear Todt is going to win, expect no statement of support for Todt or Stoker.

But, "a week is a long time in politics", "your mileage may vary", etc.