Mosely to stay on and continue his destruction of F1
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PARIS (June 3) - "Max Mosley won a vote of confidence Tuesday to remain FIA president despite being involved in a sex scandal, and the German motoring federation responded by breaking off cooperation with the sport's governing body.
Mosley won a secret ballot 103-55 - with seven abstentions and four invalid votes - at the specially convened assembly in Paris. The 68-year-old Englishman now appears set to continue leading motor racing's governing body through October 2009 when his fourth term ends.
The decision could lead to a split within the FIA, with a breakaway by many of the leading clubs which had publicly called on Mosley to resign.
The German motoring federation ADAC, which is Europe's largest automobile organization, said it has frozen all its activities with FIA.
"ADAC will stay with its decision as long as Max Mosley holds the top FIA office of president," it said in a statement.
The German, American, Japanese, French, Australian and Spanish auto federations all voted against Mosley.
Mosley, who has been president since 1994, called the vote after refusing to resign when a British newspaper said he had engaged in ****-themed sex acts with prostitutes.
A video showed Mosley arriving at a London apartment and then engaging in various sex acts with several women, at least one in a prisoner's uniform, while also speaking German. Mosley, who is suing The News of the World newspaper in British and French courts, admits to hiring the five prostitutes but denies there were any **** connotations.
His claim was supported by Anthony Scrivener, a lawyer who was hired by the FIA to independently investigate the **** links. He told the assembly there was no proof of such connotations.
Mosley made his case to the assembly, which was also given a chance to air its views on the affair that has overshadowed motor racing since late March.
With the presentations concluded, each member dropped their sealed vote into the ballot box. Lawyers for the FIA, accompanied by four members chosen during the meeting to act as independent scrutinizers, retired to count the vote. Nineteen of the votes were received by proxy.
Delegates said Mosley gave a strong speech during the meeting, laying out his reasons for wanting to stay on.
"He is a strong man, with very good debating skills," said Dutch federation member Guido von Waerken.
U.S. delegate Robert Darbelnet, president of the American Automobile Association and a known vocal opponent of Mosley's, called the result "a low point" in FIA's history.
"He secured his vote of confidence," Darbelnet said. "It's a very unfortunate outcome, it's a very unfortunate day for FIA."
Darbelnet also said it could follow the German decision.
"I will give it very serious consideration whether or not to remain effectively engaged in an organization that condones this type of activity," Darbelnet said.
Australian representative Gary Connelly was more conciliatory.
"The organization has a great future," Connelly said. "The majority of people believe we must remain united."
Mosley was steadfast in his determination to see out his term and not let a tabloid report run him out office despite calls from federations, motoring bodies, former drivers and F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone to stand down.
Mosley was certain he had the support of the majority coming in and it appears that his contributions to motor sport over the years were convincing enough to overcome the scandal.
Mosley introduced major safety improvements to motor sport, highlighted by the fact that no F1 driver has been killed since 1994 - the same year he first came to office. He installed cost-cutting measures that have allowed F1 technological development to trickle down to the average driver while also pushing to give the sport a greener image.
Mosley also argued that, if he stood down, the FIA would lose ground in current negotiations with Ecclestone, who is chief executive of Formula One Management - the commercial rights holder of the sport. Ecclestone denied allegations that he wants to take over the regulatory side of F1.
Mosley is the son of British Union of Fascists party founder Oswald Mosley, a former British politician who served in Parliament for the Labour and Conservative parties. Oswald Mosley died in 1980."
Mosley won a secret ballot 103-55 - with seven abstentions and four invalid votes - at the specially convened assembly in Paris. The 68-year-old Englishman now appears set to continue leading motor racing's governing body through October 2009 when his fourth term ends.
The decision could lead to a split within the FIA, with a breakaway by many of the leading clubs which had publicly called on Mosley to resign.
The German motoring federation ADAC, which is Europe's largest automobile organization, said it has frozen all its activities with FIA.
"ADAC will stay with its decision as long as Max Mosley holds the top FIA office of president," it said in a statement.
The German, American, Japanese, French, Australian and Spanish auto federations all voted against Mosley.
Mosley, who has been president since 1994, called the vote after refusing to resign when a British newspaper said he had engaged in ****-themed sex acts with prostitutes.
A video showed Mosley arriving at a London apartment and then engaging in various sex acts with several women, at least one in a prisoner's uniform, while also speaking German. Mosley, who is suing The News of the World newspaper in British and French courts, admits to hiring the five prostitutes but denies there were any **** connotations.
His claim was supported by Anthony Scrivener, a lawyer who was hired by the FIA to independently investigate the **** links. He told the assembly there was no proof of such connotations.
Mosley made his case to the assembly, which was also given a chance to air its views on the affair that has overshadowed motor racing since late March.
With the presentations concluded, each member dropped their sealed vote into the ballot box. Lawyers for the FIA, accompanied by four members chosen during the meeting to act as independent scrutinizers, retired to count the vote. Nineteen of the votes were received by proxy.
Delegates said Mosley gave a strong speech during the meeting, laying out his reasons for wanting to stay on.
"He is a strong man, with very good debating skills," said Dutch federation member Guido von Waerken.
U.S. delegate Robert Darbelnet, president of the American Automobile Association and a known vocal opponent of Mosley's, called the result "a low point" in FIA's history.
"He secured his vote of confidence," Darbelnet said. "It's a very unfortunate outcome, it's a very unfortunate day for FIA."
Darbelnet also said it could follow the German decision.
"I will give it very serious consideration whether or not to remain effectively engaged in an organization that condones this type of activity," Darbelnet said.
Australian representative Gary Connelly was more conciliatory.
"The organization has a great future," Connelly said. "The majority of people believe we must remain united."
Mosley was steadfast in his determination to see out his term and not let a tabloid report run him out office despite calls from federations, motoring bodies, former drivers and F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone to stand down.
Mosley was certain he had the support of the majority coming in and it appears that his contributions to motor sport over the years were convincing enough to overcome the scandal.
Mosley introduced major safety improvements to motor sport, highlighted by the fact that no F1 driver has been killed since 1994 - the same year he first came to office. He installed cost-cutting measures that have allowed F1 technological development to trickle down to the average driver while also pushing to give the sport a greener image.
Mosley also argued that, if he stood down, the FIA would lose ground in current negotiations with Ecclestone, who is chief executive of Formula One Management - the commercial rights holder of the sport. Ecclestone denied allegations that he wants to take over the regulatory side of F1.
Mosley is the son of British Union of Fascists party founder Oswald Mosley, a former British politician who served in Parliament for the Labour and Conservative parties. Oswald Mosley died in 1980."
Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk
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My problem with it is he is using FIA money and presence to defend himself...
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Sorry I'm late to the party, but who is Mosely, and why would he care? I read the post Jesse, but I'm retarted at the moment, lay it down for me. What I read here doesn't gel, it doesn't make sense. Kind of why fix what isn't broke?Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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In short Russ, Mosley is the president of the FIA, which is the governing body of Formula 1. Since he took that position in 1994, he has been on a crusade to find ways of curtailing the technological development that makes F1 the cutting edge of auto racing. He has done this in the name of cost cutting and safety. However, the teams are spending more money than ever trying to come up with ways to circumvent his BS restrictions. The safety aspect would have evolved with or without him. One of his latest moves was to prohibit engine development for the next 10 years, yes TEN years. In F1, that's pure BS and goes against everything F1 stands for. He's bad for the sport and needs to go. As you stated, "Kind of why fix what isn't broke?" F1 wasn't broke, at least not until he came into the picture.
Anyway, he got caught on tape acting like Hitler with 5 ho's, which isn't the kind of leader the #1 auto sport in the world needs.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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The Europeans really don't care about sex scandals... their leaders have been laying pipe external to home plumbing for centuries and they could care less. On the other hand, our Puritanical morals are shocked and disgusted. :eek:
Kick the **** out!
