Max Mosley and the FIA. Tell me something good.

[Jag_Warrior]

I'm not just speaking (just) about Formula One here, so that's why I didn't put this on the F1 board. Over the years, I realize that Max has led the FIA toward many advancements in safety, both on the race track and in the area of passenger cars. But on the business front, considering the shape that (FIA) sports cars, WRC and now F1 find themselves, who here thinks that his leadership has been good for motorsports in a broad, general sense?

[Donney]

Never in my life (which is only 34 years) has F1 been so popular and so widely discussed. I guess that's good... in a sense.

[Hondo]

A lot of people do good. Then, spurred either by a heady sense of success, empowerment, or perhaps a long cherished agenda, they cross a line. The old "absolute power..." kind of thing. Old sayings get to be old sayings by being true sayings. Hitler did a lot of good, then crossed a line.

[steve_spackman]

I'm not just speaking (just) about Formula One here, so that's why I didn't put this on the F1 board. Over the years, I realize that Max has led the FIA toward many advancements in safety, both on the race track and in the area of passenger cars. But on the business front, considering the shape that (FIA) sports cars, WRC and now F1 find themselves, who here thinks that his leadership has been good for motorsports in a broad, general sense?

I dont think he has done much good. As you said, look at the state F1 is in. Mind you its in a better state than the WRC. Im thinking he should take a few notes at what Eurosport has done with the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The IRC ( Intercontinental Rally Challenge) has done all that the WRC should of done years ago.

[Tazio]

Max is not responsible for the economic conditions in the world as they are now.
Max has done quite well by F1. His problem is he is spread too thinly.

With the exception of MotoGp I don't follow other racing that closely. My focus is on F1.
If the entire world racing ship is sinking I suggest that F1 Jump off,
because the changes he wants to make I don't like.
It will turn me against F1, and from a purely selfish point of view I want the pinnacle.
The other disciplines can fend for themselves! JMHO

[Easy Drifter]

Much as I dislike the 'Demented Midget' he has done far more to make F1 successful than 'Mad Max' has.
The FIA has had zero impact of road safey in Canada.
Back to 'Mad Max'. He blathers on about costs but the rule changes for this year meant everyone had to design completely new cars.
Next year with no refueling (if it goes through) completely new cars again.
Tell me how that keeps costs down.

[Dave B]

As JW states, the FIA have done a lot to improve the safety of racing cars. Max is part of a chain which includes Jackie Stewart, Prof. Sid Watkins, Michael Schumacher and - to an extent - Bernie Ecclestone. It's to his immense credit that motorsport has minimised the risks as far as reasonably possible without destroying the spectacle.

But for everything else, Mosley should be ashamed. His constant tinkering with the rulebook has driven up costs; seen manufacturers desert rallying and touring cars, and shortly F1; alienated hardcore and casual fans alike; and done nothing to address envionmental concerns.

He won't be remembered fondly, at least not by me.

[BDunnell]

Neither Max nor the FIA have killed anyone (that we know of). That's something.

[BeansBeansBeans]

What has Max Mosely done for the good of motorsport?

Well, he ousted Balestre, but it was all downhill from there.

[Jag_Warrior]

I guess it could be said that Maxie "dodged a bullet" (or four) by not having this freakstress as one of his play partners.

A jury at the high court in Geneva decided that Cécile Brossard, 40, had acted out of hatred and greed rather than the lesser crime of passion when she shot the 50-year old friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy four times as he stood in a latex suit and mask.

So he knew the top dog in France. I wonder if he and Herr Mosley were also pals?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ard-Stern.html