Stoker’s ‘Motor Sport for All’ paper has been overseen by nine-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner and FIA Drivers Commission president Tom Kristensen, who’s the candidate for FIA deputy president for sport.
It covers all areas of motorsport improvement from security and schooling to range and entry. Its goals embody:
- Prioritising security within the sport
- Ensuring motorsport is sustainable and environmentally accountable
- Guaranteeing anybody with the fervour and expertise can strive motorsport wherever on the earth
- Rebuilding confidence and funding in championships
- Being proud custodians of motorsport historical past
- Growing the game’s important fanbase
These will probably be achieved by way of a variety of world initiatives, similar to:
- Launching an FIA Global Motor Sport Review to construct a blueprint for restoration
- Nurturing younger expertise and rising accessibility around the world
- Establishing expertise detection academies and centres of excellence for coaching
- Appointing improvement officers to develop the game amongst younger individuals
- Establishing younger individuals teams to tell coverage
- Establishing a significant Public/Private world improvement fund for motorsport worldwide
- Delivering new entry-level championships and pathways to elite ranges
- Developing new low-cost collection to make motorsport extra reasonably priced
- Forming an skilled physique to overview, examine and take motion on range and inclusion
- Creating a brand new fee established to assist FIA Sport Clubs
- Creating a brand new fee devoted to optimising the motorsport calendar
- Backing a worldwide promotional marketing campaign for all motorsport
- Sharing Best Practice throughout all FIA championships by a collaborative drive
- Widening the scope of the Manufacturers’ Commission to include a sophisticated engineering Industry Commission
- Working with Industry and high universities to offer revolutionary superior engineering options
- Enhancing and increasing on the FIA’s profitable programme of Women in Motor Sport
- Continuing and strengthening the FIA schooling and e-learning programmes
“I’m delighted to present this comprehensive vision for the future of motorsport worldwide,” mentioned Stoker. “We need to construct on the sturdy work of the FIA over the past 12 years and create a sport that’s really progressive, representing all nations and open to anybody that wishes to become involved, no matter background or funds.
“This is the first opportunity to work with my impressive deputy president for sport candidate Tom Kristensen and we will be using our deep experience at all levels of motorsport to implement these ideas worldwide.”
Tom Kristensen
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Tom Kristensen added: “I’m excited to work alongside Graham in delivering this motorsport imaginative and prescient. Twenty-one years in the past I used to be driving for a group within the British Touring Car Championship and Graham was the chief steward; now I’m an F1 steward and Commission president and a part of Graham’s nice ‘FIA for All’ group.
“I’ve gained such a large expertise in motorsport by way of many alternative championships and have been lucky to realize nice successes working alongside a few of the most gifted drivers, mechanics, engineers and group bosses.
“I now want to apply that deep experience to the FIA, helping our great members and our global motorsport community.”
The FIA presidential election is because of happen in December, with the one different candidate up to now confirming his plan to face being former rally driver Mohammed bin Sulayem.
