Max Mosley

Members of the FIA Senate are to be sent full copies of the videotape at the centre of the Max Mosley controversy so they can judge his activities for themselves.
Amid increasing pressure Mosley to resign his FIA presidency over the revelations about his private life, the News of the World newspaper made further claims in […]

British tabloid News of the World on Sunday insisted that Max Mosley`s sex romp with five prostitutes had a Nazi theme. In a second expose about the FIA President`s personal life, the newspaper quotes one of the prostitutes as saying Mosley ordered her to “dress up in German military uniform.” “It`s not […]

Max Mosley has suffered a further blow to his confidence, and credibility, with the news that the American Automobile Association (AAA) has advised him to step down as FIA President.
The call follows similar requests from ADAC, the German motoring federation, the Dutch federation KNAF, and Israel`s Automobile and Touring Club.
A statement issued by the AAA […]

The American Automobile Association (AAA) has told FIA president Max Mosley that it wants him to resign in the wake of the scandal over his private life.
Although Mosley has claimed that he has support from several motoring organizations over the controversy that has overshadowed this weekend`s Bahrain Grand Prix, there have been calls from the […]

FIA President Max Mosley on Saturday is no closer to voluntarily relinquishing his role, despite intense pressure from the Formula One, motor racing and motoring worlds.A letter he wrote, responding to German motoring federation ADAC`s president Peter Meyer`s criticism, stresses that he feels he has done nothing worthy of the widespread condemnation resulting from the […]

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Embattled world motorsport boss Max Mosley insists he has “done nothing wrong” following newspaper allegations about his private life.

The News of the World claimed he took part in a “Nazi-style orgy in a torture dungeon”. Mosley has strongly denied his actions had any Nazi connotations.

He is taking legal action over the claims and seeking […]

In a letter to ADAC, the German motoring federation, Max Mosley denies any wrongdoing, as the fall-out over allegations in a British tabloid continues.
However, while admitting that the basics of the scandal are correct, he denies outright that there were any Nazi connotations, the element of the story which has caused the most public outrage.
In […]

Defiant FIA president Max Mosley insists he has done `nothing wrong` in the scandal over his private life, and labelled his behaviour as `harmless and completely legal`.
The head of motor racing`s governing body has so far resisted all calls for him to resign in the wake of the sexual allegations made by the News of […]

Max Mosley has now commenced legal action against the British tabloid newspaper News of the World.A spokesman for F1`s governing body, the FIA, said: “Lawyers representing Mr Mosley have today served proceedings against the News of the World claiming unlimited damages.”The confirmation comes amid further details about the investigation that resulted in the News of […]

A spokesman for the FIA has tonight revealed that Max Mosley is to sue the News of the World for unlimited damages following an article it ran in last Sunday`s edition of the British tabloid.
The spokesman told Pitpass: "Lawyers representing Mr Mosley have today served proceedings against the News of the World claiming unlimited damages."
Since […]

FIA president Max Mosley has begun legal proceedings against the News of the World over the allegations made in last week`s newspaper, autosport.com has learned.
Mosley has been at the centre of controversy all week following an article published in the paper last week exposing details of his private life.
And amid the backdrop of growing calls […]

Reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen on Friday refused to join in the widespread condemnation of FIA President Max Mosley.The Ferrari driver was a rare sympathetic voice in the Sakhir paddock, as Mosley`s support in the Formula One and motoring worlds erodes in the wake of the highly publicised sex scandal involving prostitutes and allegedly Nazi […]

It will take a month to organise the meeting that is likely to seal the fate of beleaguered FIA President Max Mosley.A spokesman for the governing body confirmed the approximate timeline, which will have to take into account preparations to fly 222 FIA delegates into Paris, and accommodate them, so they can rule on Mosley`s […]

The sex scandal - and the subsequent fall out - is going from bad to worse for Max Mosley, as another national motoring club indicated its flagging support for the FIA President on Friday.The Israeli car club (MEMSI) president, Yitzhak Milstein, said the details of the 67-year-old Briton`s alleged Nazi death camp-themed romp with prostitutes […]

The Dutch motorsport federation has added it voice to calls for FIA president Max Mosley to resign over the revelations about his private life.
With German`s national motoring association, ADAC, having issued a statement earlier today stating that it wanted Mosley to `consider` his position in the wake of the reports about Mosley`s behaviour, the KNAF […]

ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club), organizer of the German Grand Prix, and Germany`s national motoring body, therefore a member of the FIA, has today written to Max Mosley asking him to "very carefully reconsider his role" within the FIA.
In a statement issued this morning, ADAC revealed that it had written to Mosley in response to his […]

The German motoring body ADAC on Friday became the next organisation to condemn the Max Mosley sex scandal.A statement issued by the body called for the FIA president to “very carefully reconsider his role.”ADAC, or Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club, is Europe`s largest automobile club, with more than 15 million members.It said motorists the world over “should […]

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World motorsport boss Max Mosley is facing fresh calls to resign following allegations about his private life.

Germany`s national motoring body, ADAC, has written to Mosley asking him to “very carefully reconsider” his position as president of the FIA.

A newspaper claimed Mosley was in a “Nazi-style orgy in a torture dungeon”. Mosley has denied any […]

Team boss Mario Theissen stands by BMW`s condemnation of the Max Mosley scandal, but the German does appear to reserve some sympathy for the embattled FIA President.Mosley hit back strongly at BMW and Mercedes-Benz`s joint statement of disapproval of his allegedly Nazi-themed orgy on Thursday; the 67-year-old Briton pointing out their `history … before and […]

The ADAC, Germany`s national motoring body, has written to FIA president Max Mosley asking him to `reconsider` his position in the wake of the controversy over his private life.
Mosley has called an extraordinary meeting of the FIA membership to discuss the fallout from the tabloid revelations that have dominated headlines in recent days. It is […]

FIA President Max Mosley has requested a meeting of the FIA Senate to discuss the publicity surrounding what is described by Formula One racing’s ruling body as “an apparently illegal invasion” of Mosley’s privacy.
It comes after allegations relating to Mosley’s private life were published in a British newspaper last weekend and follows calls on Thursday […]

BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen says the German car manufacturer stands by its criticisms of Max Mosley`s behaviour, despite the forthright response from the FIA president about their stance.
Mercedes-Benz and BMW issued a joint statement this morning saying that the behaviour of Mosley, as revealed in the News of the World, was `disgraceful.`
That statement prompted […]

Embattled FIA President Max Mosley on Thursday called an `Extraordinary General Assembly` of the governing body`s senate. The development comes after four manufacturers involved in formula one denounced the widely reported sex scandal. Mosley, 67, had also intended to attend the Bahrain grand prix this weekend, but he was warned off by the kingdom`s royal […]

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton has added his denouncement to the Max Mosley sex scandal.The 23-year-old McLaren racer is the first active driver to comment on the story that has rocked the F1 world, although Nico Rosberg, of Williams, is also believed to have alluded on Thursday to Mosley`s failure to set a good example through […]

The FIA has issued a statement this afternoon calling an extraordinary meeting of the sport`s governing body in respect of the recent allegations in a British tabloid newspaper and the subsequent fall-out.
The statement read:
"The President of the FIA has requested the President of the FIA Senate to call an Extraordinary General Assembly in accordance […]