The Next Move For Monsieur Todt

OK, first there were rumors that Jean Todt, he of Ferrari team & upper company management, was going to get the boot (it’s really long and convoluted, but it has to do with the retiring of Schumacher, and a long running battle with Luca di Montezemolo). And then it turned out that those rumors are true.

And now things get even … man, I don’t even know what the word is … imperial I guess.

Because the folks at GrandPrix.com have just put it out there that Jean Todt might end up running The FIA, because Max Mosley thinks he’d make a dandy president of the organization.

Of course, not everyone agrees with Max. As GrandPrix.com put it “There is likely to be much opposition to Todt in FIA circles although the move may not be greeted with much enthusiasm in the F1 world.”

Which is a very understated way of saying: “The British teams will have full blown conniption fits”

Popcorn please!

Oh, and in case any of you uncultured Saracens are wondering what the picture is, it’s Napoléon Bonaparte in the coup d’état of 18 Brumaire by François Bouchot.

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