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FIA/FOM conflict: what if history stutters?

1978, newly elected head of FISA, Jean-Marie Balestre decided on the takeover of Formula 1 by the sporting authorities. A conflict to which the skirmishes between the current President of the FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, and the man from Liberty Media, Stefano Domenicali, echo today. A look back at the events that shook the F1 world in the 80s.

Published on 25/01/2023 à 14:00

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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FIA/FOM conflict: what if history stutters?

Between Bernie Ecclestone (FOCA) and Jean-Marie Balestre (FISA), relations were more than fresh in the 1980s… / © DPPI

As on the international scene where tensions are high between the two super powers that are the United States and Russia, it is in a cold war climate that the second part of the 1970s begins in Formula 1.

The CSI (International Sports Commission), sporting body of the FIA ​​(International Automobile Federation), takes a dim view of the rise in power of the FOCA (Formula One Constructors' Association).

En effet, Bernie Ecclestone, propriétaire de l’écurie Brabham depuis 1972, est parvenu à fédérer en association la plupart des écuries et négocie directement avec

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26/01/2023 at 01:04 a.m.

Successor to JMB, Max Mosley maintained such good relations with Il Supremo that he gave him the commercial rights to F1 for 15 years then for 100 years in exchange for 360 million dollars!

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