 Vatanen could stand for election as FIA president against Mosley
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Former world rally champion Ari Vatanen could stand against Max Mosley if the Briton seeks re-election as president of the sport's governing body.
Mosley, 69, said last month he would not seek a fifth four-year term of office as FIA president when his current terms expires in October.
It came as part of a peace deal struck with Formula 1 teams - but Mosley says he is now under pressure to stay on.
"I am considering it. I think it is time for a change," said Vatanen.
"At the moment I am consulting the member clubs and am already seeing positive feedback.
"I would go for it, even if not sure of winning."
The 57-year-old Finn, who won the world rally championship in 1981 and the Dakar Rally four times, insists he has a good relationship with Mosley.
Mosley's future appeared to have been resolved last month, when he and the Formula 1 Teams Association (Fota) - an umbrella group for eight F1 teams including Ferrari, McLaren and Renault - struck a peace deal following months of wrangling over the sport's future.
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It came after Fota threatened to pull out of F1 over Mosley's plans to introduce budgetary and technical restrictions in 2010 as part of his bid to welcome new teams into the sport.
Part of the agreement was that Mosley would step down when his current term of office expired in October - and Mosley has publicly stated that this is his desired outcome.
However, Mosley has since accused the Fota teams of "dancing on his grave" and suggested he was under pressure from members of the Paris-based FIA to re-stand, despite that agreement.
"I am under pressure now from all over the world to stand for re-election," said Mosley. "I do genuinely want to stop, but if there is going to be a big conflict with the car industry, for example with the Fota teams, then I won't stop."
That has prompted Vatanen, a member of the European Parliament for 10 years, to declare his possible candidacy.
Other potential candidates for the FIA position could include former Ferrari team boss Jean Todt, with the Frenchman widely seen as Mosley's preferrred successor should he step down.
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