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FĂ©dĂ©ration Internationale de l’Automobile

Global governing body for motorsports
Also known as: FIA, International Automobile Federation
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The FĂ©dĂ©ration Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA; French: “International Automobile Federation”) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1904 and headquartered in Paris that includes more than 240 motoring organizations across 149 countries. The FIA has two major divisions: The sport division manages and governs several international motorsport competitions, including Formula One (F1), the World Rally Championship, and Formula E. The federation’s mobility division represents individual automobile users and motoring organizations and has worked to improve road...

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