The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile is the governing body for world motor sport and the federation of the world’s leading motoring organisations.
The FIA has been dedicated to representing the rights of motoring organisations and motor car users throughout the world via campaigns and activities that defend their interests. On issues such as safety, mobility, the environment and consumer law the FIA actively promotes the interests of motorists at the United Nations, within the European Union and through other international bodies.
- original link. FIA.com
The easiest way to describe the FIA is by asking the fans....
"The FIA is the organisation that organisies, makes rules and ensures rules are met." - Retash P.
"If they like other sports relate it to their governing body. Or FiFa for example" - Jay E.
"The FIA is like the FIFA in football, NBA, NFL minus the commercial contracts. It is the rule maker & the referee" - Jo T.
"they are the FIFA of the F1 world..." - Alistair M.
"FIFA of F1 expect that all the world is not represented" - Solomon T.
"they enforce the rules that they agree at the beginning of the season unless they decide halfway through that they need to mix it up, so they change them but enough complaints and they will backtrack lol" - Angela B.
"they are the boss of formula 1. they have the ability to add or change rules throughout or at the beginning of a new season. they also have the ability to punish drivers who make a bad move in a race for example if they do dangerous driving they cud get disqualified from the race." - Daniel W.
I'm not sure what Solomon T is inferring when he says that "all the world is not represented". As your article correctly points out, the FIA is involved with 132 of the world's ASNs. Yes there may be a few countries with which the FIA currently has no association, but they are still very much a global organisation.
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