Bengaluru, 3 Feb 2022: President of the Indian Motorsports Federation, fmsci, Akbar Ebrahim gained entry into the prestigious World Council of the FIA, according to news received here from the governing body of world motorsports, on Thursday.
The former Indian Rally and Racing champion, is currently the head of Indian motorsports, the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (fmsci). He is now appointed as the head of CIK, which is the governing body karting all over the world under FIA.
Ebrahim, popularly known as ‘Akku’, among his close associates will be sitting on the World Motor Sports Council which was earlier represented by Gautham Singhania, following the travel restrictions imposed on the elected member Vijay Mallya.
He is the first Indian ever to be elevated to this prestigious position, said an fmsci release.
”I am aware that this is a huge responsibility and I shall strive to the best of my ability to do justice to the position, the CIK, the FIA and the global karting community,” Ebrahim said in a release.
”As a team, we will focus on further strengthening the top end of the karting pyramid and at the same time will lay a lot of emphasis on broad basing the sport at all regional, national and grass root levels.”The Commission Internationale de Karting ( CIK ) is the international sanctioning body for kart racing and consists of 37 members across the globe.
UK’s John Ryan has also been nominated as the vice-president of the Commission. Many others were nominated to different other commissions. No other Indian names were considered. Aditya Patel’s name was doing the rounds for one of the Commissions but in the end his name did not appear in the final list. Earlier, Vicky Chandhok was in the Truck Racing Commission.
The newly-elected President of the governing body of the International motorsports, Federation Internationale Automobile (FIA), Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who chaired the World Council meeting said: “A new era has begun for the FIA, through the creation of a governance framework founded on openness and global diversity. This is a key pillar of our strategy and I warmly thank the World Councils’ Members, who have approved the changes. Responsibility and authority of World Councils, which emanate from our Members, will be increased. A more effective oversight model will be designed, stakeholders’ priorities will be aligned, and a responsibly profitable FIA operation will be ensured. To reach these objectives, the Federation’s governing bodies and administration will work closely together to make the FIA the global voice of motor sport and mobility.”
