Max Mosley was elected President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile in 1993. He was re-elected unopposed in 1997, again in 2001 and for a fourth four-year term in October 2005.
CAREER
1960: Elected secretary of the Oxford Union.
1961: Graduated from Oxford (Christ Church) with a degree in Physics.
1962: Became a member of the Territorial Army Parachute Regiment.
1964: Called to the English Bar.
1969: Co-founded March Engineering, which quickly became one of the world's leading racing car manufacturers, exporting to Europe, Japan, the US and South America.
1974: Appointed representative for the Formula One Constructors' Association.
1981: Played a key role in the negotiations leading to the Concorde Agreement, which governs Formula One racing.
1986: Elected president of the Manufacturers’ Commission of the FISA (Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile) and represented the world's motor industry on the World Motor Sport Council.
1991: Elected President of the FISA, the then sporting division of the FIA.
1993: Elected President of the FIA*. He was re-elected unopposed in 1997, again in 2001 and for a fourth four-year term in October 2005.
*Note: the President of the FIA serves in a voluntary and non-salaried capacity.
ACHIEVEMENTS
1994: Set up the FIA Brussels office giving motor sport and 40 million motorists belonging to the FIA’s motoring organisations in the European Union countries an effective voice in Brussels for the first time.
1994: Elected Honorary President of the European Parliament Automobile Users’ Intergroup. The Intergroup was instrumental in persuading the European Parliament to adopt the new EU crash test laws which came into force in 1998. The Intergroup subsequently became the EP’s Forum for the Automobile & Society and continues to lead debate on motoring issues in Brussels.
1994: Formed the Expert Advisory Safety Committee, which brought together leading safety experts in motor sport to research and find solutions for the major safety issues in motor sport. The Committee (subsequently evolved into the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety) has been responsible for introducing the major safety measures brought into the sport in the last 15 years, such as the collapsible steering column, protective foam around the top of the cockpit, new crash tests for front, rear and side impacts and the Head And Neck Support (HANS) device now worn obligatorily by every driver.
1995: Initiated a carbon sequestration forestry project in Mexico, to investigate the feasibility of offsetting the CO2 produced by the Formula One and Rally World Championships.
1996: Led the FIA’s successful campaign to modernise and strengthen EU crash test standards for the first time since 1974 by proposing amendments to the European Parliament requiring the offset frontal test and 300mm clearance side impact test.
1996: Elected the founding Chairman of the award-winning European New Car Assessment Programme (EuroNCAP), the independent crash-test organisation and described by the European Commission as the most cost-effective road safety initiative of the last 20 years. EuroNCAP has pioneered pedestrian protection tests and encouraged all car manufacturers to produce ‘five star’ cars which offer a crash worthiness potential far above the legislative standards. Remained chairman of EuroNCAP through maximum repeated terms of office until 2004.
1996: Formed and served as the first Chairman of the Formula One Safety Commission, which focused on the development of Formula One circuit safety.
1996: Implemented the introduction of Accident Data Recorders in all F1 Cars. The ADRs store information about what happens to a car during and immediately before an accident and its study has enabled the FIA to make significant advances in driver protection.
1996: Led research into the development of child safety seats in road cars. This research was recognised by Spanish magazine "Motor 16", which awarded the FIA with one of its annual trophies for developments in this area.
1997: Led a successful campaign for the FIA to be recognised by the International Olympic Committee. As a result, the IOC included the FIA amongst its Recognised International Federations, in accordance with Rule 29 of the Olympic Charter.
1998: Led a successful campaign to reduce vehicle pollutant emissions in the EU through the adoption of amendments to the Commission’s Euro 4 legislation, which also included the first ever requirements for open access to electronic repair and maintenance data.
2000: Launched Formula Zero, a strategy for reducing fatalities and injuries on track and road. The policy document identified the safety synergies between motorsport and motoring and outlined an approach to road safety involving a zero tolerance approach to deaths or injuries.
2001: Held the first conference on the governance of sport (“The Rules of the Game”) in Brussels, together with Mario Monti, then EU Commissioner for Competition, and Jacques Rogge, then president of the European Olympic Committee, now president of the International Olympic Committee. The conference adopted a voluntary code on good governance in sport that has been the basis of a process of reform and modernisation of the FIA’s own statutes.
2001: Led the successful completion of the FIA’s voluntary notification to the European Commission of its rules and statutes under EU competition law and completed negotiations on the lease sale of the FIA’s interest in the commercial rights of the FIA Formula One World Championship resulting in a windfall payment of US$313 million to the FIA.
2001: Elected Chairman of the Supervisory board of ERTICO, the public private partnership which co-ordinates the development of intelligent transport systems in Europe.
2002: Proposed the establishment of the FIA Foundation with the US$300 million negotiated from the sale of the FIA’s Formula One commercial rights. The Foundation is a UK registered charity promoting road safety, environmental protection and motor sport safety worldwide which has subsequently committed over US$100 million to a wide variety of activities to improve road and motor sport safety as well as sustainable mobility. Elected to serve as a Trustee of the FIA Foundation.
2002: Created the FIA Academy, a body aimed at developing important projects which stimulate research and create the necessary framework to promote road safety and protect the environment.2003: Co-founded with Erkki Liikanen, then EU Commissioner for Enterprise, the eSafety Forum to promote the use of modern electronic technology for road safety, leading to the European Commission adopting a Communication on intelligent transport systems and road safety.
2004: President and spokesperson since 2004 of ERTICO Intelligent Transport Systems Europe, which brings the car, electronics and telecommunications industries together with local authorities, police, infrastructure operators and 14 EU governments to encourage the introduction of electronic systems for better road safety and traffic mobility.
2004: Proposed the establishment of the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety, which combined the expertise of the various safety research groups such as the Expert Advisory Safety Committee. The FIA Institute promotes improvements across all areas of motor sport from junior racing to top level championships.
2004: Set up a collaboration between the FIA’s Alternative Energies Commission and the European Space Agency, to develop a Transfer Technology Programme for new vehicles, particularly in relation to energy sources such as fuel and solar cells.
2004: Launched the European Road Safety Charter, which called on governments, companies and organisations across the European Union (EU) to make a firm and measurable commitment to improve road safety.
2005: Founder member of the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, a non-profit Paris-based organisation that supports the development of research on brain and spinal cord disorders.
2005: Member of the European Commission’s CARS 21 High Level Group for the global competitiveness of the European automobile industry.
2006: Appointed Honorary President (2006) of the Road Safety Federation of Armenia.
2006: Became Patron of eSafety Aware which promotes public awareness of accident-avoidance technologies and has launched ‘Choose ESC!’ campaign which has led to the European Commission committing to the mandatory fitting of ESC in all new vehicles by 2012.
2006: Led the introduction into Formula One of environmentally efficient technologies, which will help speed up their development and application in road cars. The Kinetic Energy Recovery Device will be introduced into the sport from 2009.
2007: Named the first Honorary Member of ERTICO.
2008: Created the Motor Sport Safety Development fund, which will distribute the $60 million over five years for the benefit of motor sport development worldwide.
2008: Co-signatory, alongside Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Former US President Jimmy Carter amongst others, of the FIA Foundation’s Make Roads Safe campaign calling for the United Nations to hold a UN Conference on Global Road Safety. The UN approved the proposal and the conference is due to take place in Russia in 2009.
2008: Launched the EveryRace campaign to drive out prejudice and promote equality in motor sport and society.
AWARDS
Government Awards
1994 Grande Ufficiale dell’ Ordine al Merito (Italy)
2000 Order of Madarski Konnik, 1st Degree (Bulgaria)
2004 Order of Merit (Romania)
2006 Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur (France)
2006 Commandeur de l’Ordre de Saint Charles (Monaco)
Industry and other Awards
2000 Institute of the Motor Industry Gold Medal (UK)
2001 Quattroruote Premio Speciale per la Sicurezza Stradale, Gold Medal (Italy)
2001 Der Goldene VdM-Dieselring (Germany)
2005 Honorary Doctor of Civil Laws, Northumbria University (UK)