Comments on: Ten questions on the Mosley scandal

By: DG

DG — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:58:27 +0000

Or is LDM quietly aligning himself with Bernie, so that when it gets serious Ferrari are still allowed to race?
I would like to know if there are any reports of Max’s reactions to the ADAC and AAA responses to the vote, and if there are any comments from him on the likes of Bernies and LDMs statements.
Max seems to be very quiet all of a sudden, considering how vocal he normally is, and considering he has just won a major vote of confidence!

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:43:51 +0000

Let’s just hope that LDM is doing this out of genuine concern for the sport, not just genuine concern for Ferrari.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:25:51 +0000

Maybe because Todt is constantly being touted as being Mosely’s replacement.

I dread to think the consequences of that for McLaren.

As much as I dislike Mosely for what he inflicted upon Ron’s boys, I’d still rather have him in charge than Jean.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:44:32 +0000

Very surprised to see today that Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo has said Mosley should resign:

He should realise that sometimes it is necessary to say to yourself I have to leave for reasons of credibility.

Montezemolo has always been one of Mosley's strongest supporters.

By: Sush

Sush — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:05:59 +0000

sorry Keith, i just found that disgusting myself.

next time I wanna be a HD31 i’ll do it away from your site.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:58:41 +0000

I've had to delete a couple of comments off this thread. Can I encourage everyone to keep the discussion on the topic at hand and not resort to insulting each other. Please refer to the Comment Policy for more information. Thank you.

By: Sush

Sush — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:42:53 +0000

“one man one vote”

Mosley is that one man, and he has that vote.

By: Ago

Ago — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:36:10 +0000

Keith: everyboby has the right to expres his own opinion. I am not even thinking Michael should not write what he wrote. I nevertheless endlessly challenge people that write things I believa are unfair. I find rather insulting that rumor we can now read eveywhere that small countries represented at the FIA are not professionnal, and corrupted (the deutchman finally said he was not saying the small countries are corrupted… too late as the statement is already widely spread.
You think what you want but to me somebody judging the professionalism of an organisation on the sole base of its email address is… well is… not very… fair???

By: Ago

Ago — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:27:57 +0000

@Michael : I am not in the mood for a flame
You failed to read me properly, you confuse racism and xenophobia… what else?

What makes you believe that Guatemala A.C. are not professionnal just by reading their email address?. Now if you think your statement will not offend a guatemalan reading it I might forward your post to the address you smartly gave us… We will see if they appreciate your comments. DO you want me to do that? Or do you start to realise that they will NOT like it?

You would have said the same thing for a BIG organisation? Certainly not. So how do you call the fact that you do not consider the small countries to be equal to the others? Call it arrogance if you want..

About the consistuencies may I remind you that
(1) their size might vary for 1 to 5 which is not exactly what I call “pretty damn close”. But this has nothing to do as
(2) each british citizen has one vote.

In the case of the FIA the members are the clubs so one club one vote no matter the size of the club. this is a perfectly acceptable system as it is used by many organisations. The United Nations for example. Each country has a vote being Monaco or China gives one vote and nobody complains about this situation. I am a lawyer so you are not going to proove me wrong on this:-)

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:23:19 +0000

Ago - I am not going to split hairs and get into the difference between racism and xenophobia. Suffice to say if I thought it was either I would have deleted the comment. I think Michael's comment explains his position adequately. Can I please make it clear to everyone reading that if you have a complaint about the content of an comment please contact me about it. Thankyou.