But interestingly enough noboby wants to talk about that…

I think enough was spoken about that particular issue at the time.

Do not expect british behaviour or customs to be adopted in an international organisation such as the FIA this is never going to happen, However I can understand your criticism to Mosley’s attitude but even a UK judge found nothing wrong with it… and the “nazi” accusation was rejected so insisting on it is rather unfair.

Don’t get me wrong though I share your point of view on the moral point that you raised I simply consider it irrelevant to the point… and as a “free thinker” myself I believe that if something is not forbidden by law then there is nothing to moan about.

The point about him being married is his wife’s business and I could very easily understand that she will sue him, but that is a private matter, none of our business, none of the state business either.

The real question is: Why did Mosley won this “confidence vote” in the FIA general assembly. Is there “something rotten in the kingdom of FIA”? But interestingly enough noboby wants to talk about that… It is so much more comfortable to question the moral behaviour of an individual and simply to close one’s eyes on the behaviour of an entire organisation

BTW Have you come to any conclusion about the meaning and validity of article 9 of the FIA statutes that clearly (for me!) indicates the WMSC, and the VP’s are elected and not choosen by the president as stated by Steven here…
Many thanks in advance, and all my best regards.

a quick off-topic: there are in this world many cultures, many and diverse opinions on a given topic. In my culture (latin, french whatever) private matters are private, unveiled or not they must not be taken into account (unless there is a very good reason for it like being illegal for example), with the exception of a deliberate attempt by the person to make his/her behaviour public. To be honest with you I have much more questions about who took the video and why they did it… Obviously that does seems to interest many people in the UK
end of off-topic.

I don’t give a damn about Mosley, nobody knows him outside the F1 circles, and all those who shout at him before he was confirmed in his position have not shut their mouth… like the ADAC (german member of FIA) who was supposed to give up, it seems that they still want to organise the German GP next year…lol
That was only 5 month ago:
http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/04/04/so-much-for-support-adac-asks-for-mosley-to-reconsider/
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=42854

Money, money, money… (remember that old Abba’s song)

Come to think of it, I rather like the idea. After all, to be called stupid by such a detested man as Max is, sorta ends up being a compliment, doesn’t it? I mean, how would you feel if he said you were right, brilliant and the greatest writer on the net? That could lose you a lot of friends…

A man placed in the position Max is in has to hold a high standard of behavior to protect the trust placed in him. If he needs to demean other human beings to get his trills, then yes, it does call into question his character and his ability to govern such a large and influential body as the FIA.

You see, what we do in private does matter to what we do in public because it is all part of who we are.

I am not going to respond to this line of argument after this post. I don’t think it is productive to the topic of F1.

Ok Oliver I vote for you (lol) and you forgot someone in touch

Honestly, huh? Am I missing some innuendo here or something?

I hate to say this and Oliver will problem take this out, men think usually with one head and that normally means loss of common sense

As a man who believes common sense is whole lot less common than I was brought up to believe in, your comment stands, Linda.

As far as a president that would be worse, might happen but we might also strike it rich and get a good one.

I agree with your optimism. Let’s get someone new. Someone fresh. Someone… different.

It is no co-incidence that the organisations within the FIA who are against Max are those who put the most money in and those who support him are those that benefit. Unfortunately for us there are a lot more small countries than big ones.

Max can say he is impartial all he likes. His deputy is on the Ferrari board and he has spent the last four years touting another member of the Ferrari board as his chosen successor. Max saying there is no anti-McLaren bias is like Hitler saying the Nazis were not anti-semitic.

Apart from his associations with senior Ferrari figures the man is a liar. His words carry no weight.

Mike: I’ll be very interested in being explained with somebody having sex romps with prostitutes should have necessarily a wrong opinion or is necessarily a bad person??? Have you any interesting view on gays? un-married couples? What does sexuality has to do with common sense?

Linda: FIA president is ELECTED, he does not decide to be re-elected. If he gets re-elected who can challenge that? and for what reason?

Are you saying the democraty is not working poperly in the FIA?
That might well be… But then the blame should be put on the FIA and its structure not on the elected president. Because if this is the case, if the democraty is not working properly, what garantee do we have that the next president won’t be even worse? maybe one who likes KGB style prostitutes, or booze, or drugs or the whole lot?

Apart from that I agree with you, the guy must leave may be not because of his private life, but for a few other things more relevant to his conduct of the FIA, and the fans are loyal to the sport -love that !- but as you all probably noticed already we have no right of vote at the FIA general assembly

… A good opportunity maybe… for those who complain to join their national ASA and ask to represent it at the FIA?

Food for thought… Have a good night

we are not loyal to the FIA we are loyal fans of the sport F1 and the drivers

Good comment Linda, well said.

fundamental principles of correctness

Gah, that’s the wrong wording, but I think you guys know what I mean.

engaging in five hour Nazi sex romps with prostitutes.

Just to be clear (and legal) Max won a vote of confidence by the FIA members (regarding his position as FIA president) and won his case against the newspaper that printed the story. Only saying, you know, to be careful.

he has no character or integrity

But that I do agree with! He’s a character alright, but perhaps not the best to be presiding over an international organisation that requires respect of authority, clarity and fundamental principles of correctness.

So, Max can say all he likes, but he has no character or integrity to back up his assertions, claims and stern corrections.

Besides, Max has publicly talked-up his personal relationships with Big Red’s executives and publicly criticized Ron Dennis. He has come out and said he does not like Ron and he loves a number of Ferrari big shots. So, what are we supposed to believe? That this guy has the integrity to be impartial in the way he runs the FIA? That’s funny.