As mentioned in this article by GrandPrix.com,
The Todt candidacy will not go down well in F1 circles where he is not fondly remembered by the teams after his years at Ferrari.
One question that is being asked at the moment is whether or not the FIA will have any kind of vetting process [...]
Are these in fact the two best men to run Formula 1? Perhaps not with the future. These guys are getting old. But let us consider the past:
Constantly improving safety, with the spark coming from San Marino 1994 onwards
Bringing world class circuits to the grid
Increasing popularity
I mean, I would say the sport peaked in ‘97, [...]
(from left: Max Mosley, Luca Di Montezemolo, Christian Horner, Mario Theissen and Flavio Briatore, and NOT Marie Antoinette)
The FIA Commander in Chief, Max Rufus Mosley, has finally been taken out. It’s all the members of FOTA really wanted to do. And they got their wishes. That’s the bottom line here, folks.
And we all lived happily [...]
FIA issues press release: The FIA and FOTA
It is recognition by the FIA and several teams that you can have technical freedom – the freedom to innovate – or you can have freedom to spend without limit. But you cannot sustain both.
Wrong. Again. FIA shows itself unable to even understand the financial aspect of the [...]
Is he not bringing the sport into disrepute?
What good has he done – other than safety – for Formula One?
We’ve had points changes. Qualifying changes. Tech changes. Constantly. The costs add up.
Shouldn’t he be held under some kind of rule book similar to those by which he governs and punishes F1 teams? He wants to [...]