FIA Deputy President for Sport Graham Stoker Image: /FILE • Belgian Thierry Willemarck, the current deputy president for mobility, and New Zealand’s Brian Gibbons, president of the FIA Senate, are standing on Stoker’s ticket to continue in their roles.• “We will build on the outstanding work of President Jean Todt over the last 12 years,” Stoker said in a statement. British barrister Graham Stoker on Tuesday announced his candidacy to succeed.
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May 25, 2021
Max Mosley leaving the High Court in London, Jan 14, 2015.
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Max Mosley, the former head of Formula One’s governing body, has died at the age of 81 after suffering from cancer, his family said on Monday (May 24).
“The family of Max Mosley can confirm that he died last night after a long battle with cancer. They ask to be allowed to grieve in private,” a family statement said.
His old friend and ally in the world of motorsport Bernie Ecclestone, former chief executive of the Formula One Group, paid tribute.
“We were like brothers for 50 odd years,” Ecclestone, 90, told Reuters by telephone from Ibiza, Spain. “Better he’s gone than suffer the way he was suffering.”
Former Formula One boss Max Mosley dies of cancer aged 81
FILE PHOTO: Former FIA racing chief Max Mosley leaves the High Court in London January 14, 2015. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
May 24, 2021
By Alan Baldwin
LONDON (Reuters) -Max Mosley, the former head of Formula One’s governing body who went on to become a high-profile privacy campaigner, has died aged 81 after suffering from cancer, his family said on Monday.
“The family of Max Mosley can confirm that he died last night after a long battle with cancer. They ask to be allowed to grieve in private,” a statement said.
His old friend and ally in the world of motor sport Bernie Ecclestone paid tribute, along with Mosley’s successor at the FIA helm Jean Todt.
Graham Stoker announces FIA president candidacy
25 May, 2021
British barrister Graham Stoker announced on Tuesday his candidacy to succeed Jean Todt as head of the FIA, with Denmark’s record nine times Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen in his leadership team.
International Automobile Federation President Todt, in office since 2009, is standing down and his replacement will be elected in December.
Stoker is Todt’s current deputy president for sport, a role retired sportscar racer Kristensen would fill if the Briton wins.
Belgian Thierry Willemarck, the current deputy president for mobility, and New Zealand´s Brian Gibbons, president of the FIA Senate, are standing on Stoker’s ticket to continue in their roles.