Jean-Marie Balestre speaking to Bernie Ecclestone tortoise with men labouring behind them

with men labouring behind them in the background

barges and smaller boats

View showing a man seated at a table with a drink and a pipe

Press call for Our World

View along Lombard Street

Jean-Marie Balestre speaking to Bernie Ecclestone tortoise with men labouring behind themJean Marie Balestre speaking to Bernie Ecclestone, c1978 c1991. Balestre was a founder member of the Federation Francaise du Sport Automobile (FFSA) in 1952, and in 1973 became FFSA president. Five years later he was president of the International Sporting Commission of the FIA (Federale Internationale de l'Automobile). He transformed this into FISA (Federation Internationale de Sport Automobile), of which he was president between 1978 1991. It was as