Mosley Threatens To Run For Re-Election, Demands Apology
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Mosley Reportedly Furious About Press
Coverage Following Wednesday's Peace Deal |
The future of F1 was "thrown into fresh doubt" Thursday when FIA President Max Mosley "performed a dramatic U-turn and threatened to stand for re-election," according to Tom Cary of the London TELEGRAPH. Mosley is "furious about the press coverage that followed Wednesday's landmark peace deal with eight rebel teams, which saw [Mosley] promise not to seek re-election for a fifth term as FIA president and the Formula One Teams' Association [FOTA] agree to back down over plans to form a breakaway series." Mosley in a letter to FOTA Chair and Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo "accuses FOTA of falsely briefing the press that he had been forced out of office," that FIA Senate President Michel Boeri "had taken interim charge of Formula One, and that he had behaved like a 'dictator.'" Mosley wrote in the letter, "If you wish the agreement we made to have any chance of survival, you and FOTA must immediately rectify your actions. You yourself must issue a suitable correction and apology." Mosley added, "I now consider my options open. At least until October, I am president of the FIA with the full authority of that office. After that it is the FIA member clubs, not you or FOTA, who will decide on the future leadership of the FIA" (London TELEGRAPH, 6/26). In London, Edward Gorman reports Di Montezemolo wrote back to Mosley saying that there had been a "misunderstanding with the way events had been portrayed in the media and that he was 'very surprised' by Mosley's tone." FOTA sources suggested that Mosley's rant was "barely worth responding to" (LONDON TIMES, 6/26).
LOOKING AHEAD: In Manchester, Alan Henry reports reps from the eight teams that threatened to form a rival series met Thursday "to discuss how to make the sport more spectator friendly, with promises of better racing, more affordable ticket prices and a return to the classic circuits which are part of the sport's fabric." Also, while the teams are "committed to abide by the financial arrangements in place" with F1 Management Chair Bernie Ecclestone and CVC Capital Partners "until the end of the 2012 season, they have made it clear that they will be pressing for a bigger share of the sport's commercial rights beyond that date" (Manchester GUARDIAN, 6/26).
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