A meeting was held in Monaco involving key management figures from various FIA governed motorsport disciplines, where it was agreed that the sports should work together to prevent event date conflicts. The decision was reached in order to allow fans to enjoy all of the motorsport divisions that the FIA has to offer.
Among the visitors at the meeting were the FIA President Jean Todt, Formula One’s Motorsports Director Ross Brawn, the World Endurance Championship’s CEO Gerard Neveu and Formula-E’s CEO Alejandgro Agag. Management from the World Rally Championship, World Tour Car Championship, World Rallycross Championship or the other lower formulae governed by the FIA were not in attendance.
The major motorsport divisions have agreed to work together in order to prevent conflicting event dates. The most notable recent event conflict was between Formula One and the World Endurance Championship, when the inaugural European Grand Prix in Azerbaijan was scheduled to conflict with the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016. This was a big controversy among fans and the 2017 events no longer conflict.
Ross Brawn privately met earlier with MotoGP’s management to discuss a plan to reduce date conflicts as well. MotoGP and Formula One events conflict on multiple occasions in 2017.
Of course, this agreement doesn’t help drivers wishing to compete in the Indianapolis 500, as Fernando Alonso did this weekend, since this event is not part of the FIA’s family of motorsport.
