Ecclestone Joins Majority Wanting Mosley To Step Down
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Ecclestone (l) Willing To Call
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F1 Management Chair Bernie Ecclestone Saturday during a meeting of F1 team principals said that he was "prepared to ask [FIA President Max] Mosley to stand aside if they were prepared to give him their unanimous backing," according to Edward Gorman of the LONDON TIMES. Mosley last month was implicated in a sex scandal, and Ecclestone has realized that the "harm being done by Mosley to the image of [F1], and the effect that it is having on sponsors, meant that something had to be done." At least two team leaders, from Toro Rosso and Williams, "declined to give Ecclestone their support and so no formal statement or letter to Mosley was forthcoming." But the "damage to Mosley's case was done in any case." While it had been known that Mosley "had 'lost' the [F1] paddock," the meeting made evident the "majority against him." At least in one case, opposition to Mosley also is "derived more from concern about his probable successor," former Ferrari Principal Jean Todt, than "revulsion at Mosley's own conduct." Mosley is "clinging to power in the face of increasingly overwhelming opposition from within motor sport and, in the long run, his position appears hopeless." Gorman writes the "most remarkable aspect to this saga is Mosley's refusal to do what many considered to be the right thing." Mosley's "apparent imperviousness to embarrassment is astonishing" (LONDON TIMES, 4/28).
DRIVING AWAY? In London, Richard Rae reported some "motoring organisations are considering leaving the FIA and setting up a separate organisation if [Mosley] is successful in his desperate attempt to cling on" as FIA President. Also, the Israeli government has "withdrawn an invitation" to Mosley to visit the country. Mosley has called a meeting of the FIA for June 3 in Paris, and Rae noted Mosley "appears to be confident of winning a vote of no-confidence" (LONDON TIMES, 4/27).
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