The Frenchman announced back in May that he intended to stand for another four-year term, having first taken up the role back in 2009.

The 71-year-old former rally co-driver took over from Max Mosley in 2009 after guiding Ferrari during its golden Michael Schumacher years, 

He won a second four-year term in 2013.

A November 17 deadline for rival FIA candidates to register for the election has come and gone, without any contenders stepping up to the mantle.

The FIA General Assembly will now ratify Todt's continued role as President when it meets on December 8.

The FIA said on its website that the former Ferrari chief executive was the only candidate whose electoral list had been received by the official deadline.

The unopposed vote will take place a week on Friday at the Annual General Assembly in Paris.

It is a formality that Todt will take on the four-year third term, which will run through until 2021.

This will be the final term the Frenchman will be allowed to stand for as the FIA rule state that a person can only run for a maximum of three terms of presidency.

Formula One, with US-based Liberty Media taking over the commercial rights last January, is entering an uncertain future with team contracts expiring in 2020 and a new engine format to be agreed.

Remodelled engines are going to be noisier after Todt considered the fans' and teams' feedback, which will come into play by 2021.

Todt announced back in May that he had come under pressure to stay on board as president.

"A lot of people who voted for me are pushing me to go for another mandate," he said six months ago.

"It is very important, because if I had a lot of resistance not to go for the election, my decision would be much easier, because I would then decide that I will go."