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[texasmr2]

Mosley is OUT come October and his powers have been taken away so he has no say so whatsoever now. Sir Jackie is a great choice imo and the most qualified.

[8-ball]

I'm in agreement with the names that have been posted earlier except for Jean Todt. He is very qualified to lead the FIA but he is to divisive. Is there any chance of the terms of the presidency being changed as well? Like term limits to stop the any other person who fancies himself as a dictator

[bud]

I was once very critical of Todt becoming FIA president because i felt he would favour Ferrari, but I think with FOTA being united, Todt wont be a problem.

[texasmr2]

Todt still has too many ties to Ferrari regardless if he was shown the door. The FIA need's an outsider with a motorsports background and the FIA should be run from a business standpoint and not the 'good old boys club' outlook of the past, times have changed so the FIA should aswell.

Yet as bud mentioned before does the FIA really NEED a president? What about Roger Penske as he has what it takes imo??

[EwanM]

Teams want independent FIA president

By Edd Straw Thursday, June 25th 2009, 14:41 GMT

Formula One Teams' Association vice chairman John Howett has called for Max Mosley's successor as president of the FIA to be fully independent of the competitors.

The Toyota team president believes that whoever is elected to take over the role from Mosley in October must have no current or historic links to the F1 teams.

This is a clear hint that FOTA would not be keen on former Ferrari boss John Todt, who has been linked with the position, taking over.

"From the teams' point of view, we would like to see someone who actually is independent," said Howett. "Perhaps independent from any of us currently or historically.

"The federation covers much more than just motorsport. It is involved in worldwide touring and from the position of the manufacturers, they would wish to have somebody that was able to represent appropriately the requirements of worldwide motorsports as well as purely focusing on the sport."

Howett emphasised that the problems between the FIA and FOTA had been resolved, and that there was no longer any ambiguity as to the relationship between the two.

He added that, as an independent body, it was in the hands of the FIA to elect Mosley's successor.

"I believe yesterday the confirmation was given to the World Motorsport Council on what was agreed, and they endorsed entirely that," said Howett. "So from our side there should be no ambiguity at all.

"The federation is an independent body with its own constitution, and it will be their business who they elect as the future successor to their president."

Renault team boss Flavio Briatore wished Mosley well for the future.

"After many years with the presidency of Max Mosley, we want to say good luck for the retirement," said Briatore.

"Sometimes we are in different positions, and sometimes we have different opinions. But the common sense yesterday was winning."

FOTA chairman Luca di Montezemolo also thanked Mosley for his attitude, paying tribute to his contribution to improving safety standards in F1.

"After a month of confrontations we also thank the president of the FIA for his decision to leave in October and for the work that he has done," said di Montezemolo.

"Particularly for safety, because this was and still is a big priority in F1. F1 has done a huge, huge improvement in safety."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76516

[EwanM]

Exactly what I want too.

[Denthúl]

I think a lot of people are being silly by only suggesting people who have been involved in Formula One. Remember, the FIA governs a lot of championships.

[Gaz]

Jackie Stewart

[headless]

It needs to be somone with sufficient knowledge, respectabiltiy and not biased

[texasmr2]

I think a lot of people are being silly by only suggesting people who have been involved in Formula One. Remember, the FIA governs a lot of championships.

We all realize that the FIA governs many more forms of motorsports yet this is a F1 website and aswell the other form's of racing have not had to endure Mosley's hammer. Mosley is F1 based and most likely has let the other member's of the FIA govern the other leagues while he concentrated on the big dog ie F1.

[McLaren Fan]

Rightly or wrongly, Formula One is by far the FIA's biggest concern. The money, politics involved, etc are far greater than all of their other championships put together. Therefore, the views of FIA presidential candidates about Formula One are going to be the single-biggest factor in them getting the job. That does not mean to say, however, that the candidate must have been involved in Formula One in the past.

[darwin dali]

How about an XX-chromosome carrier for president?

[Gaz]

How about an XX-chromosome carrier for president?

a woman god no.

[McLaren Fan]

How about an XX-chromosome carrier for president?

If she's the best person for the job, absolutely, yes.

[texasmr2]

How about an XX-chromosome carrier for president?

Has someone submitted their app??