FIA Foundation criticizes Vatanen

After having openly criticized the behavior of Jean Todt who, according to him, is leading a campaign at the expense of the FIA for the election next October, Ari Vatanen received a letter from the FIA Foundation which he did not really appreciate.

Published on 22/07/2009 à 15:26

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Ari Vatanen was the first to present his candidacy for the election of FIA president next October. As a good politician, he began to criticize his main opponent for several things. Firstly, the fact that he travels around the world at the expense of the FIA Foundation for his campaign (see elsewhere).

This attack is not to the liking of the FIA Foundation which responded immediately to the Finn. “ Claims that Jean Todt is running a campaign funded entirely by the FIA are completely false », declared Carlos Macaya, president of the FIA Foundation. Jean Todt and his partner Michelle Yeoh travel as part of their duties within the FIA foundation and do not take advantage of the elections to lead a campaign. “ All these commitments are very useful to the work of the foundation and demonstrate the involvement of Michelle and Jean in promoting safety on the road. It?s very unfortunate that you chose to distort their work He continued.

« I would appreciate that during the election for the presidency of the FIA, debates are held. However, I ask you not to distort the role of the FIA Foundation again. He concluded.