FIA INTRODUCES NEW OFFICIALS DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A CENTRALISED APPROACH TO BE IN PLACE FOR THE 2025 SEASON

The Fédération Internationale de l’Car (FIA) has launched a brand new division to make sure a centralised method to appointing FIA Officers.

In place to cowl all ranges of Officers from the beginning of the 2025 season and dealing intently with the FIA Volunteers and Officers Fee, the Officers Division will help the recruitment of officiating expertise, empower Officers at a regional degree, enhance effectivity, and be a cohesive operational course of.

The administration of Officers by way of the division will embody their appointments towards Sporting wants, guaranteeing they’re well timed and that there’s readability on license issuing.

This centralised method will present larger visibility and administration of FIA Officers, permitting the federation to have a greater understanding of their exercise and the help that they want.

There are at the moment 302,000 formal, officers, marshals, and volunteers, overlaying the 60,700+ occasions staged annually*. Along with the direct advantages they convey to motor sport, volunteerism has been proven to ship broader advantages to the volunteers themselves and the broader neighborhood.

Alongside the brand new division, a evaluate and replace of essential laws can be made which can outline standards for acquiring, sustaining, and progressing by way of license grades. It will present larger transparency and alternative for recruiting new officers and permitting expertise to progress, while additionally encouraging the continued diversification of Officers.

Mohammed Ben Sulayem, FIA President, stated: “Our sport wouldn’t exist with out the dedication of our Officers, who’re dedicated to making sure each degree of motor sport competitors takes place in a secure, honest, and controlled means.

“This new division will guarantee larger effectivity of their appointments, will permit us to find and nurture officiating expertise, and can present a centralised method to their administration. I’m delighted to see FIA Officers more and more coming from completely different backgrounds, with the current Regional Stewards programme attendees representing this by way of 42% feminine attendance and a median age of 37.5 years outdated.”

The Officers Division can be overseen by Italian Matteo Perini. Perini started his motor sport profession in 2005 and has been a Nationwide Steward in Italy since 2015.

As one of many nation’s youngest Nationwide Stewards he has officiated in quite a few collection together with Rallies, GT racing, F4 and TCR. His worldwide expertise started with stewarding roles in quite a lot of collection. He has additionally acted as a everlasting Steward within the F4 Italian Championship and from 2019 within the Components Regional European Championship. He took half and accomplished the International Pathway to grow to be FIA Steward and now serves as a Steward in Components 1.

Matteo Perini stated: “I’m delighted to take up the place Sport Officers Supervisor of the newly-formed Officers Division. Streamlining the operation of officiating can be my key focus in addition to offering help for these unsung heroes of our sport. As a graduate of the FIA’s International Stewarding Pathway, I’m additionally well-placed to supervise the event of the subsequent era of officers.”