Max respect for Moseley (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Max respect for Moseley

12:24pm Friday 6th June 2008

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In a kind of strange way, I’ve got a grudging respect for Max Mosley.
I don’t mean that I’m a fan of some of his habits away from the Formula One track.
But having been caught with his trousers down – and the rest – motor racing’s
president was effectively handed a gun by the sport’s governing chiefs and told to use it. He staunchly refused.
As the disdain poured from all
quarters, Mosley just fronted it out. I know
rhinos with skin the texture of cling film in comparison.
Even a plea from his big buddy Bernie Ecclestone to fall on his sword fell on deaf ears. There were also demands from racing authorities in America, Asia and Australia.
Mosley was not for turning even if the world seemed against him.
And guess what? At this week’s emergency meeting called to boot him out, he retained his seat.
Mosley may be a lame-duck leader, a pariah banned from many of the races he
presides over, but he is still technically clinging on to control.
When the votes were counted, his victory was described as “comfortable”. Having seen the pictures splayed across the scandal sheets, that’s not a description I would use for his private life.