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FIA gives Ecclestone/Todt mandate to change F1

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and FIA president Jean Todt have been given a mandate to make changes to the sport's structure in a bid to secure its long-term future. In an extraordinary move by the World Motor Sport Council, it was announced that Todt and Ecclestone would be allowed to take action on governance structure, engines and cost cuts, amid frustrations about the way teams are blocking progress. In a statement issued by the FIA after the WMSC's hearing in Paris on Wednesday, it said: "The World Motor Sport Council approved, by a near unanimous number (just one vote against), a mandate for the FIA President, Jean Todt and the Representative of the Commercial Rights...
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