Fédération Française du Sport Automobile

Fédération Française du Sport Automobile (English: French federation of Automobile Sport), was founded in 1952, is one of the National Sports Associations affiliated to the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile with the aim of organising, regulating and developing motorsport in France.

By representing the government on the field, the FFSA guarantees the political development of the automobile sport and karting in France.

There are presently 56,000 registered members, registered through 432 automobile clubs (218 main clubs; 214 karting clubs). There are some 350 approved circuits, of which 120 are designed for road racing, and 280 karting tracks.

The FFSA is managed by a Management Committee of 30 members elected for 4 years. The President of the FFSA is selected among the members of the Management Committee.

The FFSA is made of a structural associative layer formed by 21 Regional Committees of Automobile Sports and 18 Regional Committees of Karting.

Each one of these structures is made of Automobile Sports Associations (ASA) and Karting Sports Associations (ASK), which give out the licenses and assure the technical and administrative organization written in the federal calendar.

Presided by Nicolas DESCHAUX, the federation is governed by an Executive Bureau made of 8 members, all of them coming from the Directive Committee which is made of 30 elected members mandated for four years.

Based at 32, Avenue de New-York in Paris, France, the head offices welcome different poles of activities underneath a General Director.

56 000 licensees in automobile sport and karting

39 regional structures (21 Regional Committees of Automobile Sports and 18 Regional Committees of Karting)

400 Automobile / Karting Sports Associations

350 Automobile and karting tracks all over France

34 French Karting Schools in France

1 100 competitions a year in France

3 French National Teams (Circuit, Karting and Rally)

7 fields of automobile: Rally, Circuit, Mountain, All-Road, Karting, Historical Vehicles (VHC) and Drift

Rally: This discipline dominates the French automobile sport with over 250 competitions on the calendar every season and more than 15 000 participants (licensees and officials). The Rally is seen on all types of roads (asphalt, dirt roads, unpaved roads), is open to all categories of certified cars (nationally and internationally), and is noticed thanks to its strong visibility and popularity. From the European competitions to the regional ones, the Rally has an important media coverage with: France Rally Championship, France Dirt Rally Championship, and the France Asphalt Rally Cup. Concerning the unpaved roads there are the France All-Roads Rally Championship and the Bajas.

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