ASN Canada FIA

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ASN Canada FIA ("ASN")[1] is Canada's national motorsport authority, as delegated by the FIA. The organization was founded in 1990, after Canada's original National Sporting Authority, Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs (CASC), was disbarred from the FIA. In a then-unprecedented motion, the country's sporting authority was entrusted completely to a single person, Bernard Mailloux, who held a position on the board of Molson Breweries.

Molson, who had become the primary sponsor of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix from 1988 to 1996, had reportedly played a critical role in CASC's disbarment, which officially came as a result of a debacle surrounding the cancelled 1987 Canadian Grand Prix.

Circumstances surrounding the process were detailed in Terry Lovell's 1999 biography of Bernie Ecclestone, Bernie's Game: Inside the Formula One World of Bernie Ecclestone (ISBN 1-84358-086-1).

Canada's national-level motorsport championships currently feature the Civic Championship, and a bevy of karting titles.

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