Presided over by Jean Todt, the FIA World Council met in New Delhi on 7th Dec. Some clarifications were made concerning the Endurance World Championship.

After opening the meeting by thanking Vijay Mallya (owner of Force India team) and Vicky Chandhok (President of the Federation of Indian sports cars) for their hospitality, Jean Todt gave an outline of the various championships 2012. Regarding the WEC, some clarifications were made:

● The date for the opening of entries is confirmed as 19 December and the closing date for competitors contesting the entire Championship will be 18 January 2012.

● The Endurance Selection Committee - comprised equally by members of the FIA and ACO - will meet on the 25 January and the final entry list for the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship will be published on 2 February.

● Exceptionally, additional cars may be admitted for one or more events subject to their conformity with the applicable technical and homologation regulations, and also the interest they will bring to the Championship. These cars will appear in the event classification but will be invisible for the different classifications for the Championship.

● For the Le Mans 24 Hours event only, the manufacturers entered in the FIA World Endurance Championship for LMP1 Manufacturers may, subject to agreement of the Selection Committee, enter a third car, which will be eligible to score points in the Championship. Only the top two classified cars of a manufacturer will be entitled to score points in the Championship however.

Source. – FIA Press release

Photo: CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES, LE MANS (SARTHE), Le Mans 24 Hours 2011, 11 JUNE 2011. Before performing his function as official starter of the race, Jean Todt (left) visited the pits with Jean-Claude Plassart, President of the ACO and François Fillon, the French Prime Minister who is a native of La Sarthe.