The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) is a major organ within the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's governance structure. Its primary role is amending current regulations and drafting new regulations for all of international motor sport. One of the main duties of the WMSC is to allow motor sport to: Continue to develop with an emphasis on maintaining safety for the drivers and spectators, and to encourage competitive motoring innovation which adheres to environmental standards. The FIA's largest motorsport championships include the FIA Formula One World Championship, the World Endurance Championship (WEC), and the FIA World Rally Championship. The World Motor Sport Council's membership is chosen by the FIA General Assembly, which contains representatives from national automobile clubs (ASNs) throughout the world. It is one of two FIA World Councils; the other council is responsible for administrating "issues affecting the automobile in society (The World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism (WCAMT)). The World Motor Sport Council meets a minimum of three times a year to consider proposals from specialist FIA Commissions and subsidiaries. It has a current membership of 28 members, including the FIA President Mohammed bin Sulayem and Formula One chairman Stefano Domenicali.
Member list and Constituency (2022–term)
Governance
The World Motor Sport Council is the most senior body in the FIA's Governance structure. The FIA and the World Council both implement a bureaucratic structure in the form of departments. Though, given the content of the World Motor Sport Council's "Terms of references" the FIA has a linear approval progression system that requires the assent of the World Motor Sport Council for any amendments.
The most crucial roles and responsibilities of the World Motor Sport Council include:
To ensure the enforcement of the FIA statutes and, to resolve sporting questions of the general assembly. To finalise and ultimately approve the international sporting calendar for FIA international motor series such as Formula One, World Endurance Championship and World Rally Championship. To approve proposed regulations for the FIA championships. To administrate the finances of FIA sports given the budget of the FIA.
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FIA Formula One World Championship
The World Motor Sport Council (FIA) is the governing entity of the FIA Formula One World Championship. The Formula One World Championship is claimed to be the FIA's primary series; they have every intention to ensure that Formula One remains as the world "pinnacle of international motor sport". The World Motor Sport Council has a major role in the function and operation of Formula One. The Formula One World Championship is an important topic concerning to the FIA World Motor Sport Council and servers as an ideal case study to see the operations of the WMSC, the FIA and Formula One.
Formula One CO2 emissions
The FIA and the World Motor Sport Council have been striving to reduce emissions from all their championships by changing championship regulations frequently. Formula One engines are some of the most efficient car engines in the world. In October 2019 the World Motor Sport Council approved the 2021 Formula One regulations which intends to enlist major reforms to the sport especially towards a more carbon-neutral status.
Formula One motor sport has one of the largest CO2 footprints of any sport. From 1950 to 1984 and 1994 to 2010, the dominant engine design philosophy of the cars was to increase horsepower and revolutions per minute, as to maximise speed with little regard to the fuel consumption. This is because for most of Formula One history Grand Prix's were conducted with refuelling permitted. Following 2010, when refuelling was re-banned, an emphasis on fuel efficiency and fuel cooling was once again considered as an integral factor in race-winning. This new meta (optimal strategy'(s)) gave rise to the implementation of TERS (thermal energy recovery system) and KERS (kinetic energy recovery system) in Formula One Grands Prix. Mourao's study shows a reasonable relationship between the period of non-refuelling and considerably less CO2 emissions per car.