Todt confirms to be running for FIA presidency

Jean Todt has confirmed that he is a candidate for the FIA presidency in October this year. Current president Max Mosley already has outspoken his support for the Frenchman to be his successor. He has made this public towards Reuters with a statement.

"Following the decision of Max Mosley not to seek a further term of office and his unequivocal support of my candidacy, I have written to the FIA membership to inform them that I wish to stand for the Presidency of the FIA," reads a statement from Todt. "It is my intention to continue and expand the outstanding work of President Mosley."

"I believe the right person to head (the FIA) would be Jean Todt," Mosley has written. "Jean is unquestionably the outstanding motor sport manager of his generation and arguably of any generation. Teams run by him have won the World Rally Championship, Cross Country rallies including Paris-Dakar, the Le Mans 24 Hour Race and, in the last 15 years, one Formula One World Championship after another."