About the FIA

The F�d�ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) is the voice of the motorist and committed to motoring in its widest sense. It is a federation of national motor clubs - some 150 in all representing over 117 countries - which together represent nearly 100 million motorists and their families. This provides a unique information network around the globe.

The FIA  has consultative status with the United Nations and the Council of Europe and enjoys strong working relationships  with such diverse bodies as the World Health Organisation, the OECD, the World Tourism Organisation and the United Nations Environment Programme.

HOW THE FIA OPERATES

The FIA's supreme body is its General Assembly. This includes the Presidents of the Clubs and National Sporting Authorities which are members of the FIA.

The General Assembly elects the President of the FIA and the two World Councils. These two boards each have specific areas of responsibility:

• The World Council For Touring And The Automobile governs all non-sporting activities.

• The World Motorsport Council governs all international motorsport.

Each World Council is elected by the General Assembly, chaired by the President of the FIA, and assisted by specialised commissions.  The specialised commissions act in much the same way as ministries to a national government.

THE FIA WORLD MOTOR SPORT COUNCIL

Covers all aspects of the sport from Formula One to low-cost motor sport in developing countries. Like the World Council for Touring and the Automobile, the elected members of the World Motor Sport Council come from all over the world.

The Council's top priorities are:

• To promote continuously improving safety standards in all forms of motor sport.

• To administer international motor sport.

• To encourage and implement the adoption of common regulations for all forms of motor sports and series across the world.

These are continuous and ongoing processes.
The spread of activities encouraged and controlled by the FIA World Motor Sport Council is enormous. The FIA Formula One World Championship is the pinnacle, but the FIA's involvement extends to the millions of amateurs and professionals who enjoy motor sport in all its forms. These include the FIA World Rally Championship, rallying, Formula 3000, GT racing, touring cars, historic cars, karting, truck racing, ice racing, hill climb, electro-solar vehicle racing, drag racing, etc., etc.

All forms of international motor sport involving land vehicles with four or more wheels come under the jurisdiction of the FIA.

The FIA has two divisions:

Touring and the Automobile - responsible for all matters relating to the ordinary motorist such as road safety, environment, consumer protection, mobility and tourism.

Sport - as the world governing body for all forms of motor sport, including the FIA Formula One World Championship with over 40 billion viewers every year, Formula One has the largest television audience in sport.

The heart of the FIA will always remain in its 157 member national organisations in 118 countries... automobile clubs, automobile associations, touring clubs, and their activities in both general motoring and motorsport.

FIA member organisations also organise motorsport events in their own countries. These events range from rounds of the FIA Championships or other series which can attract hundreds of thousands of spectators, to local club races for amateur enthusiasts.

They also have the vital task of helping to train marshals, race officials and safety personnel; together with the FIA, they take the strongest possible interest in all aspects of motor sport safety.

We invite you to connect to the FIA website at http://www.fia.com. Here you can learn more about the world structure of motorsport and general motoring.