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Max Mosley Refuses To Resign
Mosley has worked tirelessly to build the status of the FIA as a body with clout in industrial and political circles. He has also worked his constituency assiduously to ensure he survives the vote of confidence in Paris on Tuesday. Despite the latest addition to his postbag, he believes he will be given a mandate to continue.
“I did not accept the proposal from some (but not, as you incorrectly suggest, all) members of the Mobility World Council because it was the worst possible solution,” Mosley wrote in response to the clubs.
“I would have resigned, yet still spent the summer carrying out all the day-to-day work with neither the time nor the authority to complete the major outstanding tasks. Better to stop immediately than accept this muddled compromise.
“As I said in my earlier letters, the communications I received from club presidents were overwhelmingly in favour of my remaining as president. I therefore had no choice but to submit the question to the FIA membership as a whole.”
“Your suggestion of a “crisis” is nonsense. Although I am personally embarrassed and greatly regret that this affair has become public, no one fails to call for roadside assistance because of it.”
“Some of the larger clubs among those who have signed your letter have previously contradicted their claimed commitment to the FIA,” he states. “These same clubs have, of course, been trying to change the structure of the FIA since well before the events they now seek to exploit. As stated in my letter of 23 May, several of these same clubs have formed groups separate from the FIA from which the wider FIA membership is excluded. Worse, they have obstructed our efforts to improve cooperation between all clubs.”
Mosley wrote to the member federations 10 days ago warning that Bernie Ecclestone would take full control of F1 if he is forced to resign. Ecclestone denies that his rights-holding company — Formula One Management — wants to play a regulating role. The 24 clubs made clear in the letter that they accept Ecclestone’s explanations.
“We take note of (Ecclestone’s) point on the importance that the FIA be led by a credible and respected president,” the letter said. “We believe that his explanations put in due perspective the state of the relationship between the FIA and the Formula One world, taking away relevance to many of the arguments you make in your letter to justify your continuity.”
Mosley called Ecclestone’s letter “a sudden and major change in position.”
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