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Jean Todt Says FIA Should Have Complete Control Of Formula One

FIA President Jean Todt believes the FIA "should have complete control" of Formula 1's governance, according to Ian Parkes of AUTOSPORT. F1's governance and decision-making process "has come under fire of late given its apparent lack of direction with regard to the 2017 rules, and most notably with regard to qualifying." Asked if he would change the governance structure immediately if it again gave the FIA complete power, Todt replied, "That would be logical. The FIA should have complete control, as the regulator and the legislator of Formula 1." When it was suggested to Todt that F1 was in need of a dictator to again take control, he said, "I'm sorry, but I'm not a dictator." Todt: "Normally when dictators do that -- and we have examples on much more important matters than in sport -- they always fail. The time of dictators is past." Todt recognized, however, there are issues, adding, "The governance is not good, but the governance has been there for decades" (AUTOSPORT, 4/4). 

VETTEL VOICES OPINION
: SKY SPORTS' James Galloway reported Sebastian Vettel "has given short shrift to the new proposed aggregate qualifying system," labeling the idea "s***." No agreement on what to do for the next race in China "was reached," but a new idea was put forward for aggregate qualifying whereby a driver's two best times in each of the three knockout sessions are combined to set the order. Vettel "is already not a fan." Vettel: "It's time to go to the circus. It's a good idea if you want random things to happen, but Formula 1 should be about racing. It's a s*** idea" (SKY SPORTS, 4/4).

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