Overview
- An emergency summons filed in Paris seeks suspension of the December 12 vote, with a court hearing scheduled for November 10.
- Rules updated in June require each presidential ticket to name vice-presidents from an FIA-approved World Motor Sport Council list for every global region.
- Villars says the 29-name pool left no viable South American pick because the only listed candidate, Fabiana Ecclestone, is on the incumbent’s team.
- The October 24 deadline for complete candidacies passed without a competing slate able to qualify under the new criteria.
- The FIA describes the election as a structured and democratic process and says the requirements are set out in its statutes and internal regulations.