FIAINMOTION distributed in 132 countries around the world ISSUE 11 SHARED VISION RENAULT'S CARLOS GHOSN ON ELECTRIC CARS AND MAKING CARS GREEN THE FUTURE IS BUBBLE-SHAPED MOTORSPORT ON THE ROCKS • • PLUS LADY RACERS IN RAMALLAH, FEDERATION NEW FACES, INSTITUTE & FOUNDATION LATEST FIA COMMENT PResident’s MESSAGE A IN THIS ISSUE E S L S I O B C O I A T M I O O N T O U F A FIA NEWS BANGLADESH 4 Sport and mobility unite in Kuala Lumpur Conference Week 5 In Pictures: FIA Conference Week 6 FIA Institute hosts third Motor Sport Development Workshop 7 A new logo for a vital FIA global life-saving initiative CLUB NEWS 8 Every picture tells a story 9 Porsche gives you wings 9 It's all go in Ramallah 10 Jamaica chases quality repair work 10 A threesome for a change 11 Superlady breaks new ground in Uganda's Mbarara Rally 11 Cut & thrust for managers in Minsk 12 WMC-supported Rasmussen ready to scale the heights after mountain-top training session 13 JAF campaigns for Mobility For All FIA staff profile 14 Norman Howell, FIA Director of Communications EXCLUSIVE INterview 16 Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance Dear Members, MOBILITY feature 22 Automatic for the people - Pod-shaped future I have always been a great believer in the power of collective thinking. The automobile clubs of the world are full of people with good ideas and, working FIA INterview together, I am sure we can achieve great things. One of the primary assets of 30 FIA Formula One Race Director Charlie Whiting explains the new F1 Rules any international federation is the opportunity to share ideas and experiences between the members, no matter where they come from, nor how big their SPECIAL sport features organisation. The newer members can learn much from their more experienced 34 Fine-tuning for the right formula counterparts, but at the same time a dynamic young club has the power to 38 Motor sport on the rocks - Ice Racing influence the biggest member clubs with new ideas. Perhaps there are times FIA staff profile when we think we have done all that it is possible to do, but new ideas then 46 FIA Director General of Region 1, Jacob Bangsgaard appear to help us move things forwards again. FIA BRUSSELS NEWS These are exciting times for the FIA with the launch of the United Nations 48 Cars 21 high level EU group re-launched Decade of Action supported by the FIA Action For Road Safety, the FIA Annual 49 eMobility is the key word 49 Eco-Driving: from wishful thinking to action! Conference Week in Kuala Lumpur and the start of the 2011 racing season. FIA INSTITUTE NEWS The FIA Action For Road Safety is the latest step in the drive towards better 50 Motor sport medecine guide launched road safety, something which the FIA has been promoting for more than 51 FIA Institute appoints Dirctor of Sustainability 100 years. With the United Nations, the World Health Organisation, the FIA 52 Drivers chosen for FIA Institute Academy Foundation and many other partners working with us, we have a very real 55 FIA Institute Launches Quarterly Journal chance to lower the number of road fatalities worldwide. FIA Foundation NEWS 56 Kenya's athletes support UN's Decade of Action If you wish to use articles from this magazine in your own countries, please feel 58 Armenia's road safety success recognised free to do so, and encourage the local media to do likewise. I hope that in the 59 UN Secretary General: we can save millions of lives PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE PASTORAL CARE future this magazine will grow into being a catalyst for more ideas and a way to OF MIGRANTS AND ITINERANT PEOPLE 60 50 by 50 is 'achievable' says new report for GFEI highlight what is being achieved around the world. 62 Calendar The passing of FIA Vice President Victor Ruben Dumont Martinez, who led the Touring y Automovil Club Paraguayo for 13 years, deprives us of someone who stood for many of the ideals that we seek to promote. My thoughts are with his family PUBLISHER: Norman Howell Finally, it is with a heavy heart, but also with a ray of hope, that I send my most EDITOR: Justin Hynes sincere wishes of well-being to our members, colleagues and friends who have CHIEF WRITER: Joe Saward recently been hit by a series of catastrophic natural disasters in Australia, Japan and New Zealand. This allied, with the severe civil unrest which has swept through north Africa and the Middle East has reminded me once more of the DESIGN and GRAPHICS: John Rigby fragility of us all as human beings. And it is in this vein that all of us in the FIA CLUB CO-ORDINATION: Naoise King community extend our support, and warm embrace to all our friends who are PRINTING: Manor Creative struggling with unimaginable hardship. May the burden become lighter soon. Many thanks to Niall Carty, Elie Elbaz , Hayley Gallagher, Gus Glover, Avi Silverman [email protected] URIN TO G C ET L E U L B I D B Jean Todt U O L M I B O A T N U A © FIA 2011. All rights reserved. FIA President ISSUE 11 | FIAINMOTION | 3 FIA NEWS IN PICTURES - fia CONFERENCE weeK FIANEWS Jean Todt, Michelle Yeoh President FIAA India Mr T. K Malhorta and wife Chandra and and Malaysian Minister of Mr Rafael Pinto and his wife Marguerita Atmetlla of ACCR Costa Tourism Dr. Ng Yen Yen SPORT AND MOBILITY UNITE IN Rica accompanied by two traditional Malaysian dancers FIA delegates enjoy the ambiance at KUALA LUMPUR CONFERENCE WEEK a cocktail evening at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Wan Zaharuddin Wan Ahamad, Vice Chairman of AA Malaysia (centre) welcomes FIA club members from around the world at a visit to AAM's technical centre. FIA Vice President for Sport Members of the Camping and Surrinder Thatthi pictured at From left: Malaysian Minister of Tourism Daniel Starman, President of Caravanning Commission visit the Petronas Towers Dr. Ng Yen Yen is presented with a gift AMZS Slovenia and H.H Tunku the Kem Perah campsite by FIA President Jean Todt, FIA Vice Mudzaffar of AA Malaysia President for Automobile, Mobility & Tourism, Brian Gibbons and President of AA Malayisa H. H. Tunku Mudzaffar The annual FIA Conference Week, held from in the Far East, the Conference Week is automobile associations so as to help the March 21st to March 25th in Kuala Lumpur, primarily a networking environment where smaller organization develop, in particular brought together 180 automobile club best practice is shared on a range of issues in the field of accident prevention. For delegates from over 60 nations representing concerning sustainability, road accident the first time this year, motorsports clubs the 70 million members of the Federation prevention and environmental issues. As worked alongside the mobility clubs and Internationale de L’Automobile. Hosted by many of the clubs vary in size and degree this will only serve to enrich and strengthen the Automobile Association of Malaysia, of development, there is much mentoring the Federation as knowledge can then flow the first time the conference was held from the bigger more established between all members. Eva Maria Kerschl, Club Correspondent, ÖAMTC and A delegation from the Japan ÖAMTC President and FIA ISSUE 11 | FIAINMOTION | 4 ISSUE 11 | FIAINMOTION | 5 Automobile Federation Region I President Werner Kraus FIA INSTITUTE HOSTS THIRD MOTOR A NEW LOGO FOR A VITAL FIA SPORT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP GLOBAL LIFE-SAVING INITIATIVE FIA Institute Executive Member Garry Connelly addresses the workshop The FIA Institute hosted its latest Motor Sport Provider and was now utilising this status to Richard Woods, Director General of the FIA Development Workshop in Kuala Lumpur provide ASNs, from across the Asia-Pacific Institute, said: on 22 March. The Workshop focused on the region and further, with training through the Asia Pacific region and offered the chance for Motor Sport Safety Development Fund. "It was a particular pleasure to host the Motor Jean Todt & Michelle stakeholders from the region to present and Sport Development Workshop in Malaysia. Yeoh show their discuss their views on the work of the FIA Masi's presentation was complemented by The Asia Pacific region has been one of the support for the FIA Institute and the development of motor sport. a presentation by Tan Teng Lip, President of most active participants in the Motor Sport Action For Road The event was attended by National Sporting the Singapore Motor Sport Association, who Safety Development Fund, and their example Safety campaign Authorities (ASNs) from across the world, explained the experience of having received of positive and successful engagement with with each ASN contributing to the discussion training from CAMS through the Regional our work is a model we hope many other on the work of the FIA Foundation's Motor Training Provider scheme. ASNs will follow" The FIA Action for Road Safety aims to Sport Safety Development Fund, Sustainability, leverage the heritage of the Federation, and Medicine in Motor Sport. Razlan Razali, CEO of the Sepang International Garry Connelly, FIA Institute Executive where the clubs have always been at the Circuit, explained how his circuit had benefited Committee member, added: forefront of promoting safety on the roads The Workshop was chaired and moderated from the Motor Sport Safety Development and in the cars. In addition to this, the FIA by FIA Institute Executive Committee member Fund, receiving consultancy services for its "I was pleased to have the opportunity to host intends to bring the world of motorsport Garry Connelly, and featured presentations renewed development, through the Facility this edition of the Motor Sport Development to the forefront of this campaign to interact from a range of experts and sectors.