Jean Todt named as new FIA President

Former WRC co-driver and team manager Jean Todt has today been elected as the new President of motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, succeeding the federation’s current head Max Mosley.

The 63 year old Frenchman was voted in by the FIA’s General Assembly at its annual meeting in Paris and is set to undertake a four-year term in the position.

Todt beat rival candidate, 1981 World Rally Champion Ari Vatanen, by 135 votes to 49. There were 12 abstentions or invalid votes.

Voting in the General Assembly was made by secret ballot. The votes were counted in private by the FIA legal department, under the supervision of scrutineers proposed by the two presidential candidates and designated by the General Assembly.

The entire voting procedure was supervised by an external Huissier de Justice (French state-appointed public witness).