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Originally Posted by wnut
Nope the changes are rubber stamped by the FIA, basically what ended Ballestre's reign was the dispute over who made the rules.
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Ballestre's reign at FISA ended in 1991 and at the FIA in 1993, largely due to the repercussions of the Prost/Senna clash at Suzuka, in 1989. At the time, it was implied in the press, Ballestre was involved in manipulating the WDC in favour of Prost, as Senna was disqualified, fined and suspended. This was one issue that prompted Max Mosley's to run for the FISA presidency, which he won in 1991.
With regards to the switch from V10 to V8 in 2006, I thought this was a FIA initiave largely instigated by Mosley's drive, to make F1 engines more road relevant, hence 10-year freeze on the development of engines and the eventual introduction of Kers in 2009.