While delivering this year's annual Sid Watkins Lecture at Autosport International, FIA president Jean Todt was asked if he was confident motorsport's governing body would not be tarred with a scandal similar to those that have hit other major sports.
"Unfortunately," he said, "some global sporting organisations have been facing some problems, and I can only be sorry for them.
"Am I comfortable about the way our organisation is structured and run? Yes, I am, and I am very proud of all the people involved with it."