Meeting in Bahrain, the World Motor Sport Council has clarified its procedures in the wake of the overturning of Flavio Briatore’s ban in order to demonstrate the independance of prosecution and judgment functions in disciplinary matters:
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The FIA President exercises the function of prosecution. He conducts the inquiries and decides to bring a matter before the judging body of the WMSC when he considers that there is reason to do so.

The judging body of the WMSC is made up of all the Council members with the exception of any member who has taken part in the inquiry or investigation. It is chaired by the FIA Deputy President for Sport.

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The roles of the FIA President and the WMSC are now clearly separated, and any decision of the judging body will be taken in the absence of the FIA President and any person who has taken part in the inquiry or investigation. The FIA International Court of Appeal will continue to hear any appeals.

It’s a remarkable turn around for the FIA after years of Max Mosley, the FIA and WMSC being pretty much interchangable terms for the same thing. Is the FIA finally starting to act like a proper professional body rather than some kind of private members club? Maybe some good has come out of Crashgate but meanwhile, the Todt revolution continues. Lets hope it continues.