Mosley devises FIA restructure

Mosley believes that, after next year's FIA elections, the president should no longer be directly engaged in motorsport except in the role of mediator in the event of a major dispute. He has suggested Ferrari's managing director Jean Todt for the role, telling F1 Racing: "Todt has worked and won in every major branch of motorsport. I think he's the only person who's done that. After Ferrari.he might feel as I do and see the fascination of trying to make the bigger picture work. And if he did that, I think he'd be very effective. In fact, I think he'd be brilliant."

The semi-autonomous CSI (Commission Sportive Internationale) of the FIA was reorganised as FISA (Federation Internationale du Sport Automobile) in the mid-1970s under its French chairman, Jean-Marie Balestre, who became the president of the FIA in 1986. The two organisations were subsequently merged. Mosley defeated Balestre for the presidency in 1993.

The current deputy president of the FIA is Italian executive Marco Piccinini. The other members of the World Motor Sport Council are currently Michel Boeri (Monaco), Nazir Hoosein (India), John Large (Australia), Burdie Martin (USA), Lars Osterlind (Sweden), Jacques Regis (France), Mumtaz Tahincioglu (Turkey) and Hermann Tomcyzk (Germany). The WMSC can also call on the expertise of Gabriele Cadringher (Manufacturers Commission), Yvon Leon (Karting Commission) and Jean Todt (F1 Commission).

Mosley's proposals will be debated by the FIA General Assembly on July 1.