Simple question, not so simple answer.

Find cure for all diseases, feed hungry, stop all wars, let girls wear (or not to wear) whatever they want, or... maybe not.

I don't know why FIA was created in the first place, and how history will judge fulfillment of that mandate by its members, but surely I want less its president's visibility, get rid of that stupid notion that utopistic concept of "level playing field" is anything what is interesting, and let creativity to blossom again. Please put back F1 as you have founded 15 years ago, and let it be. Small steps, one at the time, don't try to fix what ain't broken.

Thank you

Probably end up doing what all politicians do. Get my snout well and truly embedded in the feeding trough.

I'd take care that in case of infringements the penalties would be handed out in a consistent fashion, despite them being sometimes against the overall maximum commercial interests.

Driver rotation would be mandatory in F1 over a season (drivers would have to drive different cars and have different team mates during every season).

Also in F1, I'd throw in an oval race and maybe a touring/rally car race in the driver's championship to have more versatile measure of driver skill - and it would also be a good way to promote FIA's other motorsport series having F1 stars competing in them.

1) Devolve F1 from the FIA and have it as a totally seperate entity with the technical rules, commercial rules and everything decided by the teams themselves with the FIA only involvement in F1 being in a safety role overseeing track safety and providing doctors/marshals or whatever

2) Scrap the stewards system and have 3 permanant stewards who are ex drivers who will understand incidents from a drivers perspective

1) nude grid girls.

2) F1 in high def (see 1)

Spank some whore butts

Fill my ass with money, increase the number of the cars for all the championships (50 for Formula 1, 70 for GP2, 100 for F3), obligate to race in only good circuits (or at least the circuits I like), kick Bernie's ass, kill Mosley, steel brakes for everybody, lots of grid girls!

I would be a lovely dictator.

In general or F1 related only?

Try to figure out a way of getting the highest spending companies to invest or contribute more to the growth of "grass level" motorsport in order to allow more people from different backgrounds, opportunities to get into motorsport. In an ideal world, one where a driver doesn't necessarily have to have such big name sponsoring to get to the top.

As part of that I'd also try to make many more motorsport series' available to FTA TV (and, in general, publicise) in order to encourage advertising and sponsorship, with the result being relevant to the first point about bringing more money into lower formulas and series' to help accelerate the growth of lower formulas and bring more talent with it.

After I had Max executed, I'd ...

bring back real WRC Rally, Group B Rally (yeah! :>) and more freedom in F1 development (scrap engine freeze e.g.)

If I was the president of the FiA I would do a lot of things. Bunkers in Chelsea is just the beginning. But I guess it is only what I would do for/with/around F1 that is interesting for this thread.

I think I have a pretty good idea. I would put someone in charge of FiA F1 and let him run it 50/50 with FOTA. I myself would concentrate on a Formula Future. A formula carefully put together by scientists, racers and economy specialists. It would be a formula based on energy with very few parameters specified apart from the energy itself. Exactly how specify the energy, by amount, by price, by smell, I do not know. That is what the specialists are for.

This formula, Formula Future, would race as a warmup for F1, televised by all that want to broadcast F1. Eventually this Formula will attract drivers, and sponsors from the "normal" F1. When that happen, I would switch. I would make F1 to F Nostalgia, the Formula Future to F1, then design a new Formula Future.

I would do all that, if it were not for all the women that loves a man with power. They would keep me busy all day. All night.

Allow customer chassis, re-introduce ground effects, make the wings very small, definitely ban all wingelets, get rid of engine freeze and restrictions including the spec ECU. Limit them to 100l of fuel a race for season 1 and bring the limit down 3l a year until they reach 70l.

Basically, ground effects despite stoneage exterior aerodynamics plus the most advanced, powerful and efficient engines a mind can conceive.

I dont think it was any different 15 years ago, they just didnt wash the dirty clothes in public.
or even 30 years ago http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FISA-FOCA_war

on the f1 side I would be very aggressive in trying to get the bernie max televison rights deal declared illegal, renegotiate a new contract and as a result be less dependant on governments paying millions to have a race. Introduce a formula2, winning f2 teams can get promoted to f1, loosing f1 teams go back to f2. The technical rules will be such that teams can invest as much as they want but the area's of development are such that they can't gain much.

Ever since switch to groove tires, changes began to roll in, and I had feeling that racing has taken back seat to other interests.

Agreed, but I think we are about see a roll back on all this

i would set to immediately make changes that would channel funds to make me as rich as possible before the next election date.

Easy:

Formula 1 World Championship (current rules, switch to fix energy to start the race, completely free powertrain otherwise, in a few seasons, same FOM money for all teams -> not performance based (much better for small teams, big teams don't need the money so much) )
Formula 2 World Championship (GP2 is a private series, then can go run their own meetings) - 150 km on GP mornings, no pitstops. 2L 4cyl turbocharged engines (based on F3 engine blocks) -> 550 hp, larger wheels/tyres and wings than F3 cars. open formula, each chassis homologated for 3/4 seasons at a time.
Formula 3 World Championship - 80 km on GP mornings, no pitstops. standard F3 regs.

World Rally Championship - standard S2000 regulations, merge with Intercontinental Rally Challenge: Safari, Mote Carlo rally etc, night stages, no central service. equal share of revenue (at least 30-40% of budget per car) for all manufacturer and 2/3 season+ private entries


World Touring Championship, also British & Swedish, bring back Aus 2L title - Introduce "NGTC" 2 L low pressure turbo up to 5 cyl (homologated to 350 hp, should be within 5% of a standard power curve, 1 engine sealed for 3000 km) FWD or RWD (control low cost transmission) cars, control parts in boring bits (uprights, fuel system, ECU, diffs etc), 4.4 m 4-door saloon based, 19" wheels, super touring style aero (homologated to fixed aerodynamic performance levels), maximum price 50,000 pounds. End of season Bathurst 1000 km -> package so all touring car entrants from all 4 series can go race there.

Press for criminal charges against Max Mosley for gross corruption between 1991 and 2009 which cost the FIA hundreds of millions of dollars.

You'll have a hard time proving that, potmotr.

If I was the President, I would rule the following:

In the event that a championship goes down to the final race, pre-race entertainment will be replaced with everyone on the grid performing Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Hermann Tilke would be fired. He would be replaced by an eight year old with a Scalectrix set.

Indeed.

If Ari wins I really hope he opens the FIA's books and past methods to public scrutiny.

I think "corrupt" is far too strong a word to use, and that people have the unfortunate tendency to throw it around lightly. "Deeply misguided" would be a better term to use.

See, a corrupt Max Mosley would rig the FIA elections so that Jean Todt would win. A deeply misguided Mosley wouldn't think to rig the elections because he would be totally convinced of Todt's victory. Based on his behaviour, I think the latter is more likely.

Don't doubt that won't happen.

If Ari wins I can well imagine Mosley finding some excuse to intervene and stuff the ballot in Todt's favour.

And I don't think corrupt is too stronger word for the FIA under Mosley.

It is corrupt to the core by any definition.

I don't doubt it outright ... I just doubt that it would happen before Mosley was so utterly convinced of Todt's victory. I suspect Vatanen's legal action was to simply draw attention to the elections. He knows that there are counter-measures in place, but he also wants all eyes on Paris. He knows there's a strong anti-Mosley sentiment - particularly among fans - so I think he's trying to keep them a little more honest than they might otherwise be.


Show me an example, one that cannot be explained away by Mosley being well-meaning, but genrally incompetent. For example, the Cosworth controversy: on the one hand, he could have been corrupt and influenced the engine market. On the other, he could have simply made promises he couldn't keep with Cosworth, and then tried to enforce them.

An incompetent man would go to Cosworth and say, "Look, I've screwed up. I can't give you what I promised, can we discuss things?"
Only a corrupt man would try and force through the "impossible promises".

Hmmm, the special relationship with Ferrari?

The witch hunts?

The use of the FIA's sporting regulations to pursue and destroy Mosley's opponents?

The intimidation of those who might not vote for Mosley or his proxies?

Selling off the commercial rights to F1 for next to nothing whilst (allegedly) lining his own pockets?

A corrupt man would know from the beginning that they were impossible to fulfil. An incompetent man wouldn't even notice.


I said prove them, not list them.

Hard to prove, hence why he can survive.

I would make Formula 1 a sport again, not a business.

"Again"? Sorry, it never was

I would sell every rights FIA owns to Bernie for minimal fee.

And then I would collect my $300 M from Bernie at a dark alley.

Then stage a falling out between the two of you to divert attention.

What would you do if you were the new FIA president?

I'd change some rules so as to add cost to the teams
then I'd change them again.
I'd announce some new rules changes for next season,
then I'd cancel it, and introduce something else.
Then I'd have a sex orgy with 5 hookers,
then perhaps call JPS some insulting names
and insult some other people in a childish way
then take somebody to court.
Then I'd introduce some new rules to make regulations different for
different teams.
I'd punish a team or two arbitrarily, big fines and race bans,
and if they protest then I'd punish them some more.
Have another sex orgy and
then introduce some more rule changes.

because... well... thats what the FIA President is supposed to do, isnt it?

HA!

Instead of speculating, why not ask Jean Todt?

"So what will you do when elected, Mr. Todt?"

I'd de-franchise Formula One.

Let's do away with the governing body deciding if a team is good enough for the sport and bring back the meritocracy. Anyone with a legal car and driver can attempt to qualify. New entrants can prepare their cars under an awning in the paddock. Qualify and you get the garage of the regular who failed to make it in.

I'd also bring back customer cars and do away with the ruling that prevents single car teams.

I was thinking of replying naked girls as soon as I saw the thread, then I saw you!!

More gold!

First things first. Ask Max where the keys are to the dungeon with the SS chix.

Like Big Block 8 said...
Start a true World Drivers Championship
(Broadcasting in HD and free on the interweb)
Jp

MOOOOOHAHAHAHHAAAAA

I would quit it with all the stupid FOM copyright violation complaints lodged against youtubers etc. until I had a viable alternative (like posting all the interesting clips on formula1.com.)

Unless of course the FIA doesn't control the FOM or what have you. Then I'd change that. Or something.

Pick a group of people to travel to each race and be stewards for a season to try and get some sort of consistency with punishments. Rather then the pick and mix punishments and calls that we fans so enjoy

Interesting suggestions by all.

Here's mine...

Conduct an intensive audit on the new teams (USF1, Manor, Campos, Lotus, Qadback-Sauber) to conclusively confirm if they can make it to the grid next year. Any team deemed not yet ready by the end of November gets the boot.

1. Bring back the old V12 engines, they sound amazing.
2. Allow back engine development
3. Limit the amount of fuel so it's a challenge for engine developers to make good & efficient engines. Should be good for research to more "green" cars and good marketing for the teams.
4. Unlimited amount of F1 entries, but they will have to qualifing for the 26 spots on the grid. That's the real meaning of qualifing. If you are too slow, you cannot start on the grid.
5. Gieb me more money
6. Make the front wings smaller, they look ugly. And it reduces downforce so that cars rely more on mechanical grip which helps overtaking.

And probably so more ideas to follow.

Vote for me as the next President

Step 1) Dissolve FiA


The rest will be history.

You're right. The sport will be history. You might not like the FIA, but you need an external body to regulate things. The FIA might not have been doing it properly for some time, but a weak governing body is better than no governing body. If FOTA took over the regulations, it would be a mess. It would be like football players refereeing the game they are playing. The FIA needs to be reformed, not dissolved. And you're forgetting that they serve almost every other major international motorsport series: World Touring Cars, GP2, F2 and F3, the WRC. They also provide support to national car clubs; events like the British and German touring cars, the V8 Supercars and a whole host of national-level series run to regulations set by the FIA. Dissolving the FIA would only hurt them.

Congratulations: you just killed motorsport.

Curb and place restrictions on the introduction of drastic rule changes in the future (rules for the rulemakers); stress upon introducing technical changes to improve the cars,on a gradual,season-by-season basis.

Introduce trade-off system wherein teams finishing lower down in the WDC have greater say in the decision making for the following season,as a means of ensuring no single team has its way.

Propose a better way forward for the FOTA-FIA relationship, suggesting ideas for improving FOTA's power and operational structure. (nice way of asking them to stop the pathetic squabbling)

Make participation in the GPDA mandatory for all drivers taking part in the FIA F1 World Championship.

Reorganize the OWG so members operate in cells,on a need-to-know basis. Ideas are worked upon and passed over the wall between three isolated cells: the neutral committee consisting of members that have had no affiliation whatsoever with any team-the core technical team that are hired with the sole purpose of working on improving overtaking in F1's single-seaters; the second rung composed of the FIA's technical advisors and representatives from the technical departments of teams-that are assigned the task of evaluating the proposals put forward by the core committee and pass on recommendations to the third cell,the dummy OWG that regulate and monitor the entire process. The dummy OWG then provide this feedback to the core committee.





Go jump in a public pool with a thong on and hope nobody notices me.