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re: Is this really the end of Max Mosley?

Casanova — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:08:55 GMT

Even if he goes, he's got life membership of the FIA Senate as an ex-president. Which, conveniently, has just been made the principal point of F1 liaison with the FIA. The Mosley vs everyone-else-in-the-world-interested-in-F1 saga will drag on for a long time yet...

re: Is this really the end of Max Mosley?

beachland2 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:55:21 GMT

latest news is that he says the media were given the wrong story and that he is president until october will full powers and will consider his options open for re-election at that point.

re: Is this really the end of Max Mosley?

Richard H — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:16:32 GMT

According to Autosport's website he has changed his mind already!

re: Is this really the end of Max Mosley?

billo.cl — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:11:11 GMT

What if Max is getting exactly what he wanted in the first place?

Would the FOTA have agreed with the conditions that were finally settled if they were presented as the first negotiating position?

If he was considering not going for another period anyway, why not seize the opportunity to create the riot, and then extinguish it with a good deal?

re: Is this really the end of Max Mosley?

RacingPuma — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:41:19 GMT

Max has got his own way on some things

1) Max personally chose which 3 new teams are joining F1 in 2010 and this is not being questioned. I feel particulaly sorry for Lola and Prodrive.

2) Quote from FIA/WMSC press release

"the rules for 2010 onwards will be the 2009 regulations as well as further regulations agreed prior to 29 April 2009. "

Taken literally, this means a standardised KERS system for 2010, as this is what (10 team) FOTA were unanimously agreeing to at that date. Their proposal to ban KERS came later. KERS was Max's baby and he may have saved it

re: Is this really the end of Max Mosley?

Lapps — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:17:31 GMT

Isn't the traditional way a wooden stake through the heart?

Even then my betting is on a 'mini-me' of some kind emerging.

re: Is this really the end of Max Mosley?

Richard H — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:54:33 GMT

You can't trust Max, until he hands his office and desk keys over, you can't be 100% sure he'll stick with his promise.

re: Mosley agrees to go

adam2853 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:49:17 GMT

Well, it took quite a bit to get rid of Max "not a Na*i Orgi, just S&M bondage with prostitutes" Mosley didn't it?

Not sad to see him go to be honest, the budget cut as all well and good, but it is not just the teams who drove the costs up. Max and Bernie "sell YOUR mother" Eccelstone charge huge fees and make huge demands from countries to host. The circus was made so big who can blame the teams for picking up on the trend? Shame it got this far, though.

Still a massive F1 fan, love the racing almost as much as the politics!!!

re: Mosley agrees to go

VDG.CZ — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:13:42 GMT

Now we see what´s more important and the real intention of Ecclestone and motivation of Mosley. Ecclestone´s debts are much more than Mosley´s adopted idea of cheaper races. Now everybody knows what was it about. Nothing about sportsmanship or fans only Ecclestone s greed and his great debt in world of economic recession. I hope you won´t end up in papercoffin Bernie:-) God will strip off your pikle heritage soon.

re: Mosley agrees to go

Richard H — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:36:12 GMT

Over the whole time in office, a good job was done by Mosely.

BUT

In the last few years he has let the power go to his head, when he "let" the Concorde Agreement lapse and snatched power.

He has effectivly ruined his own reputation because he thought he was untouchable.

I'm glad he's going

Now we need Bernie to get real, and cut his own costs to the organisers, so that we can have decent circuits having races, rather than boring Tilke-domes with empty grandstands.

I was looking forward to the breakaway series, but ultimatly it would have done more harm than good.

We don't want Todt in charge either, someone without baggage that Todt has.

How about, Paul Stoddart, Dave Richards, Alan Gow or Stephane Ratel?

re: Mosley agrees to go

The Hermit — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:47:58 GMT

(Sorry : Ecclestone. Wouldn't want people to think I believe that the actor and the venom dwarf are the same person.)

re: Mosley agrees to go

The Hermit — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:44:14 GMT

Shame it wasn't Eccleston that had the courage to stand down.

.... but then he wouldn't, would he ?

re: Mosley agrees to go

Monk — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:00:34 GMT

Love F!, but the prospect of a split and the chance of seeing the best racing at some of the best and historic tracks that have been dumped by Bernies greed was getting me just a little nostalgic.

re: Mosley agrees to go

grandslamms — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:59:46 GMT

I think Bernie had had enough - bad publicity, apparent disorganisation etc. I just think that Bernie read Max the riot act and told him straight that he must bow out !

Glad to see him go.

We could also gain from Bernie following him..........!!!

re: Mosley agrees to go

mjbull@hotmail.com — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:42:59 GMT

hip hip...