Comments on: Debate: Your verdict on Max Mosley

By: Jonathan Weston

Jonathan Weston — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:51:32 +0000

For a man who heads the FIA Mosley knows nothing about motor sport – about those who race and those who watch and why. F1 is about pushing the envelope – like his father before him he is a disgrace – It’s time for him to go – at last.

By: Jem Dorley-Brown

Jem Dorley-Brown — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:25:44 +0000

My mother told me a story when I was a small boy:
She had attended a political rally on Battersea Common shortly before World War 2 broke out. She and her friends were there for a specific purpose which was to chant "Lousy
Mosley" when Sir Oswald appeared to address the crowd.
In my opinion her chants are as relevant today, as they were seventy years ago.

By: Tim Rogers

Tim Rogers — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:21:16 +0000

Max Mosely has a history of leanings towards sympathy for the nazi cause, however most of grow up with views that resemble those of our fathers, some of us grow out of it and become our own men, some don’t. Think about whether you read the same newspaper as your father for example? That doesn’t excuse his recent behavour but do you really think this is a new thing for him, he will have entered this sado mascistic arena many years ago, probably as a result of boarding school antics or some repression in his childhood which we all must agree was probably not ideal. Don’t castigate the man for having a perversion sexually, most of us have fantasies, he just has the cash to bring them to fruition. The real issue is if he is using memories of the death camps and german cruelty to jews and others during WWII to get his rocks off. That makes him strange at the very least, bizarre certainly and unfit fr high office in any organisation surely. I agree with Damon however, it is proof of his arrogance that he hasn’t just dissapeared into obscurity and resigned rather than hang on and damage what is a great sport. Formule One is a sexually testosterone charged business environment, if he tries to stay it could also affect Bernie’s standing globally. 5 birds dishing out the punishment, he should get out more……..

By: Damon

Damon — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:57:47 +0000

How can Mosely ever expect to be taken seriously ever again!No one would be able to be in his company without seeing in their minds eye the disgusting and comical image of "Striped ***** Max" bent over getting his just reward.The Dictatorial manner with which he conducts business within the FIA now makes sense.Poor old Bernie is between a rock and a hard place and I suspect that if sponsorship begins to dry up he will drop Mosely like a hot potato. Anyone with a shred of moral concience would have fallen on their sword and gone,the fact he has’nt speaks volumes for his arrogance and his mis-guided belief in his own importance.

By: Alan 2

Alan 2 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:24:55 +0000

Maximillian Mosely is the Robert Mugabe of F1 who also doesn’t know when it is time to go. Cheating on your wife is the same as cheating at sports and the man is a disgrace to motor sport. I’m definitely not a McClaren fan but Ron Dennis probably can’t believe that the wheel of life turned around so quickly. We can quite clearly see now why Michael Schumacher had all that FIA support over the years. Also traction control and all those ridiculous little attachments to the bodywork should have been banned years ago. Just go so that a true professional who isn’t so concerned with being a control freak can take over for the good of the sport

By: Bill Clintoon

Bill Clintoon — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:40:16 +0000

The video is clearly a plant from one of Max’s enemies…
Still
…never good to be caught with ones pants down around the ankles while bent over a chair and getting whipped by a hooker dressed in a leather and using a leather whip on ones rather large and over fed rear end….as my "PA" always used to say.

By: Graham MacDonald

Graham MacDonald — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:12:03 +0000

The mans a joke, This behavior is from a person who says F1 should be squeaky clean, i am afraid he should resign, Oh! and seek help as he clearly has a problem that has done F1 no good at all.

I am afraid F1 is getting to be a laughing stock when the people in charge resort to this kind of behavior.

Come on F1 get back to what F1 should be all about and get rid of people like this.

I want my old F1 back without all the back stabbing from people who should know better.

Martin Brundle for Presendent. as in my opinion he has always been honest and true to F1.

By: Snowy

Snowy — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:42:17 +0000

Mosley should go plain and simple.F1 is fast becoming a joke, i am a great believer in putting someone in charge ,who knows what its like to drive one of these cars competively.That person has the knowledge and ability first hand to know what F1 needs to go forward and not backwards as it seems to be doing.Mosley you are a disgrace just go !!!!

Snowy

By: Tony Short

Tony Short — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:04:55 +0000

After the acrimonious reign of Jean Marie Balestre Max was a breath of fresh air and common sense. He remains a powerful, almost charismatic figurehead for the governing council.

In latter years I feel that the sport has been drifting in some undesirable directions. The entry of the major motor manufacturers has lead to a disastrous escalation in the costs of running an F1 team. The council’s efforts to contain these costs has to be a step in the right direction. However I worry that F1 is becoming just another tightly controlled formula designed to produce close racing rather than an environment where engineers can exercise their skill to produce innovative solutions which may have relevance in the wider world of motoring. Think back to the Chapman years and the rapid pace of change they brought.

By: CharlieF1

CharlieF1 — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:04:13 +0000

Mosley should have gone after the disastrous and tragic season in ’94, when his new rules contributed to so many problems, and he completely failed to censure a certain German driver to deliberately taking out another competitor. He should have gone in 2004 when he said he was going to quit! He should DEFINITELY should have gone in 2005, after the Indianapolis debacle, when everyone in the paddock and the stands could see where the buck stopped. He should have gone earlier this season, when he publically insulted the legend Sir Jackie Stewart, a man who has contributed more to F1 than Mosley ever will.

Now we have the disparity in the punishments handed to McLaren and Renault, dispite the charges and evidence being similar. I read the entire transcript of both McLaren hearings and it was clear that McLaren were being required to prove their innocence, something alien to most democratic legal systems. I’ve not been able to read the transcripts of the Renault hearing yet, but from the summaries I’ve read, it seem reasonable doubt was applied in their case (as it should have been in both). How can the FIA justify these blatent double standards? Renault admitted to a far wider dissemination of the McLaren technical data than was ever even suggested had occured with the Ferrari data at McLaren, but Renault got off scot free and McLaren have the book thrown at them. The answer is, they can’t justify them to the satisfaction of impartial F1 fans. Max simply sits to high up in his ivory tower to hear the shouts of the crowd below – well it’s time something was done to change that.

For the record, I’m not a “McLaren fan”. I have followed F1 for over 20 years and I support drivers who show talent and competitive spirit. Over the years, I’ve been a fan of Senna, Schumacher, Mansell, Hakkinen, etc. Sure, I supported Hamilton to win this season (I always like to see fellow Brits doing well!), but my favourite driver in F1 is Kimi, and has been for many years. I’m delighted he won the title, but this season will be forever tainted by the scandals, and by the ill advised comments of the head of the governing body. This situation can’t be allowed to continue, or the sport will be irrevocable damaged.

I urge all who feel the same way to sign the petition, for the good of the sport we love – http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/vote-of-no-confidence-in-max-mosley-president-of-fia.html