‘Insulted’ Mosley back on warpath
Barely 24 hours after peace was declared, the Formula One war between the teams and Max Mosley is close to exploding again after he was insulted by their claims he had been forced out of office.
Mosley, president of governing body FIA, is furious at their public joy and has warned that far from driving him out, he is likely to stand again.
The teams had announced they would break away from F1 and set up their own series next season, wanting rid of Mosley and an end to his £40 million-per-year budget-cap plan.
They achieved that, but in a classic case of ‘don’t dance on your enemy’s grave until you are sure he is dead’, they talked of winning the deal, that he had been driven out, was not welcome in F1 in the next few months until he stands down and was a dictator.
Mosley has now written demanding an apology - or else. “We made a deal yesterday in Paris to end the recent difficulties in Formula One,” he said.
“A fundamental part of this was that we would both present a positive and truthful account. You’ve suggested I was a ‘dictator’, an accusation grossly insulting.
“If you wish the agreement we made to have any chance of survival, you and FOTA must immediately rectify your actions. You must correct the false statements which have been made and make no further such statements.
“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.”
