The Rio Paralympics Gold medalist Vanessa Low is the winner of the inaugural Keep Fighting Award, an initiative inspired by Michael Schumacher. The award will be presented by FIA President Jean Todt and reigning Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg on January 30, at Europe's largest sports business congress, SPOBIS, in Düsseldorf. The Paralympic athlete was chosen by the family of Seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher as "this impressive figure embodies and conveys the values that this prize wants to promote: to never […]

The FIA has confirmed that its President, Jean Todt, and other delegates attending a conference in Nepal are 'safe and accounted for' after a devastating earthquake struck the region on Saturday morning. Over 2000 people were killed when the earthquake, which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale, hit the region on Saturday and the death toll is expected to rise over the coming days. Todt and his colleagues were attending the sport's inaugural Asia-Pacific Sport Regional Congress in the capital of Kathmandu. The FIA says […]

Jean Todt insists Ferrari is not in the sort of crisis today that he found at Maranello more than two decades ago. The Frenchman, now FIA president, said any comparison between when he was drafted in by Luca di Montezemolo to rebuild the team in 1993 and Ferrari's current situation "makes me smile". "I think Ferrari, today, does not need an awful lot to put things back in order," Todt, who presided over Ferrari throughout its ultra-successful Michael Schumacher era until last decade, told the […]

FIA president Jean Todt says that the cost cutting proposals put forwards by the Formula 1 teams are a 'joke'. Todt summoned a meeting of Formula 1's 11 teams earlier in the month following the apparent abandonment of the idea of a cost cap. Ideas proposed included a tyre warmer ban and the introduction of more standard specification parts, but Todt does not believe that such changes will be sufficient. "My advice was make a contribution as to how we reduce the costs," Todt said. […]

FIA president Jean Todt has hinted that there could be a rethink on the current Formula 1 regulation which awards double points to the last round of the season. The rule, which was voted on unanimously by the Formula 1 Strategy Group, was introduced for the 2014 season but has been met with backlash from senior figures within the sport and the majority of fans. The six teams in Formula 1's Strategy Group failed to unite and oppose the rule change for 2014 after the […]

The FIA has abandoned plans to introduce a cost cap into Formula 1 for the 2015 season, according to president Jean Todt. It was announced at the end of 2013 that plans would be drawn up by the end of June this year in order to implement a cost cap into the sport by January 2015. But Todt revealed ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix that such plans have now been abandoned. "Most of the teams were in favour of the cost cap, but I […]

The newly re-elected Jean Todt says he supports moves to reinstate permanent race numbers in Formula One. In an earlier era, F1 fans became accustomed to associating a number with their favourite driver -- like Gilles Villeneuve's fabled 27, or the 'red 5' of Nigel Mansell. But in more recent years, race numbers have simply been assigned by the FIA on the basis of teams' finishing positions in the constructors' world championship. It emerged recently, however, that a push is on to bring back permanent […]

Jean Todt has officially been elected as the president of the FIA following an official vote in Paris. Todt was elected president in 2009 and will continue to act as the head of the FIA for the next four years. Todt was unopposed after the withdrawal of the only other candidate, David Ward. "Thank you for so strongly endorsing our Team," Todt said. "We are both humbled and proud to have your trust to guide our great organisation for another four years."  

David Ward has withdrawn his candidacy for next month's FIA elections, leaving current president Jean Todt unopposed to secure a second term in the position. Ward, who released his manifesto in September, did not receive sufficient support from member clubs. "I am writing to confirm my withdrawal as a candidate in the 2013 FIA Presidential election," Ward said in a statement. "It has not proved possible for me to secure the required number of regional Vice Presidents for Sport to ensure the eligibility of my […]

Members of the Formula 1 paddock have been paying tribute to Maria de Villota, who has died at the age of 33. De Villota, who survived a horrific testing accident in 2012, was found dead in a hotel room in Seville. Jean Todt: FIA president: "Today is a tragic day for motor sport. My deepest condolences go to the De Villota family. Maria was a fantastic driver, a leading light for women in motor sport and a tireless campaigner for road safety. Above all, she […]

The FIA has confirmed that a new Concorde Agreement has been signed, following months of negotiations. The new agreement will run until 2020. 'This agreement provides the FIA with significantly improved financial means to pursue its regulatory missions and to reflect the enhanced role undertaken by the FIA in the Motor Sport,' read an FIA statement. 'The parties have agreed a strong and stable sporting governance framework which includes the Formula 1 Group, the FIA and the participating teams.  The agreement lays down solid foundations […]

Kimi Raikkonen's rallying foray made him a better Formula One driver. That is the claim of 2003 world rally champion Petter Solberg, who got to know the 'iceman' during his two-year F1 sabbatical in 2010 and 2011. Finn Raikkonen returned to F1 with Lotus last season, impressing the grand prix world yet again after his career had flat-lined in his final two years at Ferrari. "I know Kimi and I believe that the rally made him a better Formula One driver," Solberg told the Norwegian […]