Damon Hill lambasts Max Mosley

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by martyn bott

He's resigned before.

Unsurprisingly there wasn't a mad stampede to replace him and consequently he was reinstated.

I thought at the time, and still do now, Max resigned because he knew there wasn't anyone to take over, maybe a bit of an ego trip for Max, or maybe a lets see what you'd do without me to the teams.

I doubt that Max would have offered up his resignation had he had a genuine rival for the job.

[Tweed]

I think Max wholly deserves his job, the 99% of it that doesn't involve F1. As F1 falls under the umbrella of the FIA we are stuck with him, but I don't doubt all the good work he does for road/track safety etc.

Mr V, I agree, his last 'resignation' must have made himself feel very smug.

[johnw]

Originally Posted by martyn bott

I feel a resignation coming on.

No Martyn stay on, I enjoy your posts

[Clive]

any thoughts now on the future of the British GP??

[foreversideways]

Originally Posted by littleman

Watch some of this, particularly the last minute or so.It should be compulsory viewing for Hamilton and Alonso! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEho9y4vwDE

Anybody who calls this man a "Half-wit" has absolutely no right to be governing World Motorsport.Mosley is an offence to the passion of millions.

Great video there. Also the one of the start of the British GP. Stewart was awesome in a Formula One car, in an ear when you needed guts as well as skill. Yeh a real halfwit.

[davyboy]

Originally Posted by littleman

Watch some of this, particularly the last minute or so.It should be compulsory viewing for Hamilton and Alonso! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEho9y4vwDE

Anybody who calls this man a "Half-wit" has absolutely no right to be governing World Motorsport.Mosley is an offence to the passion of millions.

Very good post. I completely agree. Max's inability to construct coherent counterarguments to Stewarts [instead he resorts to a character attack on the person] is actually a sign of his own weakness.

[Ralf's Girl]

Originally Posted by johnw

No Martyn stay on, I enjoy your posts

Originally Posted by littleman

Mosley is an offence to the passion of millions.

Good phrase, I like that. It could be his job title when he finally pushes off out of F1.

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by johnw

No Martyn stay on, I enjoy your posts

OK,I shall resign myself to the fact that no one could possibly take my place anyway. *smug mode*

[CATMAN]

The most worrying sugestion here is for Paul Staddart to replace Mad Max.

If it came down to those two Mad Max would be the preferred choice
Just please don't believe what you've seen on the TV and in the press.

Damon, the security guy at Silverstone paddock, Murray Walker or this seasons Formula Renault champ even, they would all be a better bet than Stoddart

[JeremySmith]

Let us not stoop as Mr Mosley has done with name calling..We are above all of that at Ten-Tenths, that is what keeps it a special place to visit..

[duke_toaster]

Originally Posted by CATMAN

The most worrying sugestion here is for Paul Staddart to replace Mad Max.

If it came down to those two Mad Max would be the preferred choice
Just please don't believe what you've seen on the TV and in the press.

Why?

[JeremySmith]

Originally Posted by littleman

Watch some of this, particularly the last minute or so.It should be compulsory viewing for Hamilton and Alonso! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEho9y4vwDE

Anybody who calls this man a "Half-wit" has absolutely no right to be governing World Motorsport.Mosley is an offence to the passion of millions.

Thank you! I enjoyed watching that immensely. Sticks and stones can break my bones.....

[macca]

Interview with MM in F1 Racing magazine Nov. 1997 issue; in response to question about criticism (" Does Jacques annoy you, Max?") :-

"The day you start being offended by criticism is the day you're getting too old or going crackers or something of that kind."

;-0

Paul M

[Knowlesy]

Poignant quote!

[Fireblade]

Originally Posted by 1200Datto27

No thanks, He's yours, you keep him...

Its the way we used to do it. Worked well then.
We could always club together for a tenner and buy a ticket and he could be a £10 Pom

[JamesH]

Cracking interview with SirJS on radio 4 this morning, originally about Hamilton, but them asked about the MM comments. He was very polite, and made MM sounds like a prat. He wont be suing - he doesnt want to dignify MM comments by commenting back.

He really did do very well in destroying MM comments without saying very much at all.

Tee Hee.

James

[Ralf's Girl]

Originally Posted by JamesH

He really did do very well in destroying MM comments without saying very much at all.

That's why he's a much better man than Mosley - he doesn't have to resort to petty name-calling to get his point across.

[johnw]

Originally Posted by JamesH

He wont be suing - he doesnt want to dignify MM comments by commenting back.

He also said that he will keep his options open for the future

[foreversideways]

He is a canny old Scottish Fox as well as a legend.
All this free publicity can't be doing sales of the autobiography any harm.

[Alan Raine]

JYS fights back!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63335

[davyboy]

I just read this a few moments ago and Max Mosley making himself and the FIA appear increasingly compromised. He should have apologize to Jackie and closed the matter, instead he's in serious danger of bringing the sport into disrepute if he keeps this up.

[Ralf's Girl]

"In danger of bringing the sport into disrepute"? I think he already has. I agree that he should let the matter rest: for the President of the FIA to continue a war of words like this is indecorous in the extreme.

[Gt_R]

It is unfortunate. I agree with Jackie that Max's position as a president has been compromised, and that for the better of the sports, perhaps a fair and balanced president should be re-appointed at the next elections.

However, reading many things Jackie says, one has to wonder if he really analyze things before criticising FIA/Max. For example, implying that it is wrong for the FIA to act and appoint a scrutineer for Mclaren without understanding the need for doing so and who is chiefly responsible for such action, and accounting for Stewart's soft spot for Hamilton.

Max and Stewart are letting their personal feud and opinions affect the sports on the whole. Taking historics asides, none are really doing us a favour.

[foreversideways]

Who will fine Max for bringing the sport into disrepute ?.

[Ralf's Girl]

Originally Posted by Gt_R

Max and Stewart are letting their personal feud and opinions affect the sports on the whole. Taking historics asides, none are really doing us a favour.

I think Stewart definitely has a personal issue with Mosley, and vice versa; the obvious difference is that Stewart isn't in a position of power whereas Mosley is, and nobody with Mosley's power in the sport should be seen to have a personal bias in one direction or another.