McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh is set to replace Luca di Montezemelo as chairman of the Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) when Montezemolo’s one-year reign ends later this month.

Team principals got together for a meeting of the Formula 1 Commission in Monaco today, to discuss FOTA’s plans for next year – which included the election of new senior officials; Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has been made chairman of FOTA’s Sporting Working Group, with Ross Brawn remaining as the chief of its Technical Working Group.

It is believed they also discussed the planned joint car launch which is set to take place in Valencia on January 30th.