Craw takes over from Marco Piccinini, who decided to leave his position, one year before the end of his term, to focus on his other professional commitments. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the role over the last 10 years, Piccinini was named as Honorary Deputy President of the FIA.

His successor received unanimous approval from the FIA General Assembly. Craw has been involved in motor sport for over 30 years. As a driver, he raced touring cars as well as single-seat formula cars and was twice IMSA National Champion. Following a two-year stint as Director of the US Peace Corps in the early 1970s, he joined the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), the largest amateur motor sports club in the US.

Craw, who has an MBA from Harvard Business School, was President and CEO of SCCA for 17 years and was pivotal in organising Formula One races and sanctioning motor racing events throughout the US.

Through his role at the SCCA, Craw became a board member of ACCUS, which serves as the interface between the national racing bodies in the US and the FIA. He left the SCCA in 2001 to become Executive Director of US Sailing, the national governing body for sailing. But he always retained his strong links with motor sport and was elected as ACCUS President in 2005.

As well as serving as FIA Deputy President for Sport, Craw will continue to sit on the management committee for the FIA Motor Sport Safety Development Fund.

The FIA General Assembly, which consists of the presidents of each of the FIA's member clubs and national organisations, also elected the following to fill vacated positions.

Vice President of the FIA for Sport

Mohammed Ben Sulayem, ATCUAE (United Arab Emirates)

Member of World Motor Sport Council

Enrico Gelpi, ACI (Italy)

Vice President of the FIA for Mobility and the Automobile

Jorge Rosales, ACA (Argentina)

Member of World Council for Mobility and the Automobile

Karen Bryden, AASA (South Africa)
Tim Shearman, CAA (Canada)
Rudolph Zumbühl, TCS (Switzerland)
Augusto Lagman, AAP (Phillipines)

FIA Honorary Deputy President

Marco Piccinini, ACM (Monaco)

President of the FIA Academy

Rosario Alessi, ACI (Italy)

The FIA General Assembly unanimously approved the appointment of Carlos Barbosa, President of ACP (Portugal), as the FIA Representative to the European Commission for the interests of motor sport.