Presidents of the AIACR, CSI, FIA & FISA

President FIA

Etienne de Zuylen
(1904-1931)

Robert de Vogüé
(1931-1936)

Jehan de Rohan
(1936-1958)

Hadelin de Liedekerke Beaufort
(1958-1963)

Filippo Caracciolo di Castagneto
(1963-1965)

Wilfrid Andrews
(1965-1971)

Amaury de Merode
(1971-1975)

Paul Alfons von Metternich
(1975-1986)

Jean-Marie Balestre - Fr
(1986-1993)

Max Mosley - GB
(1993- )



Presidenti CSI/FISA
Commissione Sportiva Internazionale (CSI)
Internazionale dello Sport Automobilistico (FISA)

Rene de Knyff - Bel/Fr
(1922-1946)

Augustin Perouse
(1946-1961)

Maurice Baumgartner
(1961-1970)

Paul Alfons von Metternich
(1970-1976)

Pierre Ugeux
(1976-78)

Jean-Marie Balestre - Fr
(1978-1991)

Max Mosley - GB
(1991-1993)

Presidents AIACR (Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus, 1904 – 1946), FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, 1946 – today)
1904-1931: Etienne de Zuylen (Belgian, b. 1860, d. 1934, married to Hélène de Rothschild)
1931-1936: Robert de Vogüé (French, b. 03 August 1896, d. 17 Oct 1976, creator of „Dom Perignon“, president of „Moët & Chandon“)
1936-1958: Jehan de Rohan (French, b. 27 June 1884, d. 10 May 1968)
1958-1963: Hadelin de Liedekerke Beaufort (Dutch, b. ?, d. ?)
1963-1965: Filippo Caracciolo (Italian, b. 04 March 1903, d. 16 July 1965)
1965-1971: Wilfrid Andrews (British, b. ?)
1971-1975: Amaury de Merode (Belgian, b. 03 Oct 1902, d. 17 May 1980)
1975-1986: Paul Alfons von Metternich (German, b. 26 May 1917, d. 21 September 1992)
1986-1993: Jean-Marie Balestre (French, b. 09 April 1921)
1993-today: Max Mosley (British, b. 13 April 1940)

Presidents CSI (Commission Sportive Internationale, 1924 – 1978), FISA (Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile, 1978 – 1993)
1922-1946: Rene de Knyff (French, b. 1864, d. 1954)
1946-1961: Augustin Perouse (French, b. ?, d. ?)
1961-1970: Maurice Baumgartner (Swiss, b. ?)
1970-1976: Paul Alfons von Metternich (German, b. 26 May 1917, d. 21 September 1992)
1976-1978: Pierre Ugeux (Belgian, b. ?)
1978-1991: Jean-Marie Balestre (French, b. 09 April 1921)
1991-1993: Max Mosley (British, b. 13 April 1940)

EDITED for correction of the year the F.I.A. was established

Originally posted by ReWind
...Presidents CSI...1922-1946: Rene de Knyff (French, b. 1864, d. 1954)...

Chevalier René de Knyff was born 10. December 1865 in Anvers (Antwerpen) in Belgium.

Originally posted by ReWind
Presidents AIACR 1904-1931: Etienne de Zuylen (Belgian, b. 1860, d. 1934, married to Hélène de Rothschild)...

Baron Etienne Gustave Frederik Zuylen de Nyevelt de Haar was born 16. October 1860 in Nice, France.

Reinhard: IIRC the AIACR name change to FIA took place in mid-1946, not at the turn of the year.

Originally posted by Vitesse2
...the AIACR name change to FIA took place in mid-1946, not at the turn of the year...

As per Karl Ludvigsen in his Classic Grand Prix Cars, p. 108 ...The international association of motoring clubs, the pre-war AIACR, was reconstituted as the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile), based in Paris. Its sporting commission the CSI (Commission Sportive Internationale) was convened for the first time on 28 February 1946. It elected a new president, Augustin Pérouse, and settled on a new formula for Grand Prix racing to take effect in 1948 and continue through 1951.

@ Hans & Richard: I stand corrected.

Originally posted by Hans Etzrodt
As per Karl Ludvigsen in his Classic Grand Prix Cars, p. 108 ...The international association of motoring clubs, the pre-war AIACR, was reconstituted as the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile), based in Paris. Its sporting commission the CSI (Commission Sportive Internationale) was convened for the first time on 28 February 1946. It elected a new president, Augustin Pérouse, and settled on a new formula for Grand Prix racing to take effect in 1948 and continue through 1951.

Hans, I don't want to re-open the discussion we all had in june 2003 but the new formula was to take effect in 1947 and not 1948!

"Automobilia issue of September 1946.I'll try to translate from French.
"During its meeting of 21 of June the CSI had defined the international formula for races(formule internationale de course) for the 1947-1951 period.This formula will admit cars with supercharger of a maximum cc of 1,5 litre and cars without supercharger of cc up to 4,5 litres.
Weight free.Fuel provide by organizers in 1947 and 1948,free after that.
Fuels provided by organizers will be the following:
For supercharged cars a choice of two fuels,one with methanol 70%, benzol 90 15%, acetone 10%, petrol 5%;the other one will be composed of methylic alcool at 94°up to 98° 85%, acetone 6%, ether of petrol 7,5%, castor oil 1,5%.It is admitted that these fuels could be corrected in a proportion of 5% of the global mass by adjuvants such as water, castor oil, ether of petrol,or a blend of these three products.
For unsupercharged cars the fuel will be composed as following: petrol "supercarburant" 60%, ethanol 25 %, benzol 90° 15%.".
OK?
Addentum by the CSI in its meeting of october 10,1946: International formula 1947-1948, it is decided to give the competitors the possiblity to use indistinctively one of the three forecasted fuels have they cars with or without supercharger.(L'Automobile n°5 november 1946)
Automobila issue of November 1947:"The CSI had decided to extend the international formula up to 1953.It was also decided that the use of fuel will be free from 1st of January of next year.
By other way the CSI had proclaimed a new international formula for the "petites cylindrees"(small cars supercharged cars cc up to 500,cars without supercharger up to 2000 cc.Fuel:free.Minimal race distance: 200 km.This new formula will be applied from 1st of january 1948 up to 31st of december 1953."

It was in the following thread:

http://forums.atlasf...948 formula one

@ Jean-Maurice: Thank you for that particular link. That thread was "before my time" and had escaped my notice until now.

Nearly hidden among the many facts is the "birth date" of the F.I.A. as per this

Originally posted by alessandro silva
The AIACR – Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus – convened in Paris for a long session at the end of June. It started its debates by re-electing the Viscount de Rohan as president on June 25th and ended them by changing name to FIA on July 3rd.

There is an article in the New York Times for 26 June 1946 describing the meeting in Paris of the "International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs" and comments from the members of the American Automobile Association concerning the meeting.

Just further documentation on this meeting.