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* [http://www.fia.com/sport/Regulations/index.html FIA sporting regulations]
* [http://www.fia.com/sport/Regulations/index.html FIA sporting regulations]
* [http://www.petitiononline.com/fealonso/petition.html More than 100.000 Formula One lovers over the world sign a letter to FIA]


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Revision as of 19:58, 12 October 2007

"FIA" redirects here. For other uses, see FIA (disambiguation).
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
File:FIA logo.png
CategoryMotorsport
JurisdictionInternational[1]
Headquarters8, Place de la Concorde, Paris, France
PresidentMax Mosley

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established on June 20, 1904 to represent the interest of motorsport.

It was founded as Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), which describes its structure as an international organisation of national clubs. Headquartered at 8, Place de la Concorde, Paris, France, it consists of 213 national member organisations in 125 countries worldwide.[2] Its current president is Max Mosley.

For the general public, the FIA is mostly known as the governing body for motor racing events. In 1922, the FIA delegated the organisation of automobile racing to the CSI (Commission Sportive Internationale), an autonomous committee that later became the FISA (Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile). A restructuring of the FIA in 1993 led to the disappearance of the FISA, putting motor racing under direct management of the FIA.

As is the case with football's FIFA, the FIA is generally known by its French name and acronym, even in English-speaking countries, but is occasionally rendered as International Automobile Federation.

Structure

Members

Some of the members of FIA are:[3]

Event history

In 1946 the true history of Formula One began in with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA's) standardisation of rules.

In 1950, the FIA organised the first World Championship for race car drivers in racing events, known today as Formula One.

In 1955, the FIA created the World Endurance Championship, the first points series for sports car racing in the world. This championship only had scoring for manufacturers until 1981. From 1982, with the new Group C prototype regulations, a drivers championship was added. The championship finally met its demise in 1993.

In 1973, the FIA organised the first World Rally Championship. The Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo became the first ever FIA World Rally Championship event.

Events

The FIA currently regulates the following events:

The FIA formerly regulated the following events:

Notes and references

  1. ^ Some countries are influenced only indirectly via their national governing bodies.
  2. ^ FIA homepage - organisation May 16, 2007
  3. ^ FIA homepage - index of members

External links

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