Mosley did not travel to Manama, with the FIA saying he had been detained by legal matters after the tabloid News of the World published details of what they depicted as a Nazi-style sado-masochistic orgy with prostitutes.
However the Times newspaper said Bahrain’s crown prince Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa had written to Mosley asking him to stay away because “it would be inappropriate for you to be in Bahrain at this time.”
Mosley, whose father Oswald founded the pre-war British Union of Fascists, has defended his actions as “harmless and completely legal” and has denied any Nazi connotations to the scandal.
The FIA has called an extraordinary general assembly for June 3 in Paris with Mosley, who has ignored repeated calls to resign, facing a vote of confidence by secret ballot.
Those opposed to him staying in office include the Automobile Association of America (AAA), the world’s largest motoring organisation with some 51 million members.
Britain’s most recent Formula One world champion Damon Hill, now president of the British Racing Drivers’ Club, added his voice to the chorus of condemnation at the weekend.
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