Max Mosley, Sebastien Bourdais settle individual lawsuits originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

REPORT: Former Ferrari chief Jean Todt confirms candidacy for FIA president originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

FOLLOWUP: Ecclestone fans flames again, reportedly blames Jews for banking crisis originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

FOTA team principals and drivers meet at last weekend's Turkish Grand Prix

REPORT: Formula One teams, drivers get serious on break-away series originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Jody Scheckter to give back F1 title? originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 18 May 2009 09:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Continue reading F1 Standoff Update: Mosley drops two-tier system, Ferrari takes FIA to court

F1 Standoff Update: Mosley drops two-tier system, Ferrari takes FIA to court originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 17 May 2009 09:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

More F1 teams joins boycott call for 2010 regulation changes originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 11 May 2009 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

F1 President Max Mosley postponing retirement plans? originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Bernie Ecclestone wishes you a Merry Christmas... at Max Mosley's expense originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Although the only official word following the meeting Tuesday in Geneva is that the discussions were constructive, reports indicate that considerable agreements were reached towards bringing down the costs of participation in Formula One without having to resort to spec engines. Among those measures reported include the life of each engine being expanded from the current two-race requirement to three and a requirement for each manufacturer to offer 25 engines for purchase by independent teams at 10 million euros per unit. Nothing has been officially announced yet, but the representatives are expected to meet again after the season's conclusion at the upcoming Brazilian Grand Prix to further discuss the arrangements, which are tipped to be stop-gap measures for the coming two seasons while the FIA comes up with more reasonable proposals for the long term.

[Source: Autosport]

FIA and F1 teams reach agreement in Geneva originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Rumors have been circulating that CVC, the commercial rights holders to Formula One, have considered selling the series. But before that could happen, they would have to give Bernie Ecclestone the boot.

The reports were fueled by comments made by Max Mosley, the embattled president of the FIA, who related to reporters that conversations about the subject had taken place with executives at CVC. According to Mosley's conclusion, CVC would consider selling Formula One if a huge offer were made - possibly by an Arab consortium - but Ecclestone would need to be replaced because "the whole business depends on a man who is 78 years old". However, CVC issued a strong statement at this past weekend's race in Hungary that it had no immediate plans to sell F1 and was pleased with its performance as well as that of Bernie Ecclestone.

[Source: Autosport, Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty]

Owners refute rumors of firing Ecclestone and selling F1 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Remember the good old days when a prominent chief executive would have disappeared into obscurity after having been exposed by the newspapers? Well those good old days are gone, and Max Mosley is happy for it.

It's been a long and hard road for Max Mosley, but the embattled FIA president seems well suited for the ordeal. Mosley was caught on film partaking in what was described as a Nazi-themed S&M orgy with several prostitutes. He then survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership in the motorsport governing body, and launched a lawsuit against the News of the World, the British tabloid that broke the story. The judge returned the verdict from that lawsuit today, awarding Mosley £60,000 in exemplary damages, plus an additional estimated £1 million in expenses.

Mosley's case hinged on the right to privacy, and upon receiving the judgment (so to speak), the prototypical auto-erotic figure noted that he hoped the ruling would serve as a deterrent for other publications from pursuing "this type of invasive and salacious journalism". The moneys awarded by the court won't go into Mosley's pocket, as they're earmarked towards the road safety and environmental work undertaken by the FIA Foundation.

[Source: Autosport, Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty]

FIA President Max Mosley gets off judiciously originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

According to the latest reports, FIA president Max Mosley received ample warning that there were those out to expose and discredit him, but Mosley did nothing to alter his bizarre sexual activities in light of the development. The news stems from a Times interview with industrial espionage expert Dean Attew, who claims he had been approached by parties seeking Mosley's embarrassment and removal from office. Attew, who co-founded Titon International with former special forces commander Major-General John Holmes - a business intelligence consultancy that made the news two years ago when former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by radioactive Polonium 210 - said that he communicated the information to his former colleague, Bernie Ecclestone, who in turn informed Mosley personally. However, Mosley apparently did not take the warnings seriously and was still caught red-handed and -cheeked two months later.

[Source: The Times of London, Photo by Clive Mason/Getty ]

You've been warned: Max Mosley knew what was coming originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Mosley dismissed the claim that his now-infamous sexual activities had any Nazi connections and pointed to a "covert" operation to discredit him undertaken by persons as yet unidentified through a private investigation firm. The big question is in whose interest would it have been to embarrass Mosley in such a public manner, and the list is long as the FIA president remains a highly controversial character. Follow the link to read more of Mosley's letter to the presidents of the national motorsport clubs, members of the FIA Senate, the World Motor Sport Council and the World Council for Mobility and the Automobile.

[Source: Autosport, Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty]

Max Mosley apologizes... sorta, won't resign originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Despite Bernie Ecclestone's initial support of his colleague Max Mosley, Ecclestone is now publicly urging the embattled FIA president to cancel his planned trip to Bahrain to oversee the grand prix there this coming weekend.

The humiliation which Mosley apparently pursued in a disturbing sexual escapade involving multiple prostitutes in a sado-masochistic nazi-themed orgy was outdone only by the embarrassment which resulted from the public revelation of the episode in the British tabloids. Following the news breaking, Mosley declared he would proceed as normal as if nothing had happened, but Ecclestone says his colleague should think again. Citing public opinion and predicting that the royal family in Bahrain "wouldn't like it" if he came to their country, Bernie expressed concern that the news at the event would be dominated (pardon the expression) by Mosley's scandal instead of remaining focused on the race itself. Mosley's "business as usual" approach may require some further thought, to say the least. Thanks for the tip, Schwag of Tulsa!

[Source: The Times of London, Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty ]

Ecclestone to Mosley: don't come to Bahrain originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

FIA to cap F1 team budgets for 2009 originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The World Motor Sport Council of the FIA, the international racing authority that governs Formula One, among other series, has rolled out a series of restrictions on the development of F1 cars starting with the coming 2008 season.

The restrictions include a complete freeze on engine development for the next ten years. In a speech delivered last week in Monaco at the Motor Sport Business Forum, FIA President Max Mosley (pictured at right) justified the decision by pointing out that the engines developed by F1's six engine suppliers - Ferrari, Mercedes, BMW, Honda, Toyota and Renault - are already evenly matched and incredibly advanced: "There is no need to develop an F1 engine any further." (Heck, let's go back to foot-powered Flinstones-mobiles then.)

The far-reaching restrictions also covered the use of wind-tunnels for the first time in the formula. The new regulations state that each team can only use one wind-tunnel, can only operate it for 15 runs per 8-hour day, no more than five days per week. Further limitations were set on how the wind-tunnel may be used, and to prevent teams from simply switching their personnel over to even more expensive Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulators, the FIA intends to put a cap on that, too.

Ross Brawn, former technical director at Ferrari and new team principal at Honda, recently pointed out that restrictions like these don't achieve their intended goal of reducing costs, they just force teams to find newer, more expensive ways to gain a performance edge. We'd have to agree with Brawn: you can't contain a competitive spirit, and F1's chock-full of 'em.

[Source: Autosport]

Try, try again: FIA puts further restrictions on F1, freezes engine development originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.