Vijay Mallya resigns as FMSCI representative to FIA

Vijay Mallya has resigned from the position of Federation of Motor Sports Club of India (FMSCI) representative to the FIA. He submitted his resignation ahead of FIA's World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) meeting in June following an intervention by the Sports Ministry.

The owner of Force India F1 Team and the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines is wanted on charges of fraud and tax evasion and is facing extradition.

Mallya's replacement will be appointed in December when the current tenure is over. In the meantime, former FMSCI president Vicky Chandhok has been deputed for the job.

Earlier, Vijay Mallya was removed from the FMSCI honorary chairman's post.

Source: LiveMint