Ecclestone Urges Mosley To Skip Weekend's Race Amid Scandal
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Ecclestone (l) Feels Mosley's Scandal
Would Overshadow Bahrain Grand Prix |
F1 Management Chair Bernie Ecclestone last night said that he does not "believe it would be appropriate" for FIA President Max Mosley to attend this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, according to Edward Gorman of the LONDON TIMES. The tabloid News of the World on Sunday revealed Mosley had participated in an "alleged Nazi-style orgy with five prostitutes ... in an underground 'torture chamber,'" and Ecclestone said that Mosley's appearance would "distract from the race and would not be appreciated by the Bahraini Royal Family." Ecclestone: "The problem is he would take all the ink away from the race and put it on something which, honestly and truly, is nobody else's business." Despite suggesting Mosley not attend the race, Ecclestone "continued to stand by his friend and said he would not be calling for [Mosley] to resign." Ecclestone: "What Max should do is what he thinks is right because it is only him that's involved, not the FIA. ... If Max was in bed with two hookers, they'd say 'Good for you or something like that.' But this, as it is, people find it repulsive." Gorman notes F1 teams and manufacturers have expressed "deep unease at [Mosley's] apparent determination to continue in his post." But a Mosley spokesperson said that Mosley "had no intention of resigning and was planning to tough it out," and added that Mosley is "pursuing legal action against the News of the World and has already forced the paper to remove a video of the orgy from its website" (LONDON TIMES, 4/1). In London, Kevin Eason reports Mosley's fate is "in his hands" for now. Friends believe that the scandal "will soon be yesterday's news and he will carry on in his job, safe in the knowledge that if key figures in [F1] want to strike now, while he is at his weakest, they will face arduous months of lobbying" (LONDON TIMES, 4/1).
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