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Mosley may miss Bahrain amid sex scandal


Max Mosley has faced renewed calls for his resignation after weekend newspaper allegations that the head of Formula One's governing body took part in a Nazi-style orgy with prostitutes.
The Times newspaper said in a leader column that Mosley must stand down while Ferrari's 1979 world champion Jody Scheckter called for a concerted media campaign to force the Briton's hand.
Mosley's spokesman is telling enquiring members of the media that, while Mosley may not attend the Bahrain Grand Prix as planned this week, he does not intend to simply succumb to the burden of the scandal.
"There is absolutely no question in my mind that Mosley should resign," South African Scheckter told The Guardian.
"From a purely motor racing point of view, you can't have somebody like this running the sport or any other sport come to that."
The Times said Mosley was as entitled as anyone to his fantasies but the question of whether he could continue at the helm of the International Automobile Federation had become a moral question and not a legal one.
"He should resign," the paper concluded.
Formula One's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone told The Times that it would be better for Mosley not to attend Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.
"He shouldn't go, should he?," he said.
"The problem is he would take all the ink away from the race and put it on something which, honestly and truly, is nobody else's business anyway," he added.
The News of the World tabloid, from the same News International stable as The Times, published a front page story on Sunday with photographs of a man they identified as Mosley.
Mosley was unavailable for comment and the FIA said on Sunday that his lawyers were in contact with the newspaper. A video that had been posted on the News of the World website is no longer accessible.
An FIA spokesman could not confirm Mosley's immediate plans.
"We understand that Mr Mosley was originally scheduled to visit the grand prix, but we are not aware of his current plans," an FIA spokesman said.
Ecclestone, who controls the commercial side of Formula One while Mosley oversees the governing FIA, said Bahrain's rulers would not welcome Mosley's presence.
"They wouldn't like it," he said.
However the 77-year-old Briton, who has worked closely with Mosley for decades, said he would not be calling for his compatriot to quit.
"What Max should do is what he thinks is right because it is only him that's involved, not the FIA," said Ecclestone. "He must do what he believes, in his heart of hearts, is the right thing."
Ecclestone said the Nazi connotations made the incident more serious. Mosley's late father Oswald was founder of the pre-war British Union of Fascists.
Reuters

So it's true then!?

It's only 2 races into the season and already we have a spicy story. I gave this guy the benefit of the doubt due to the source, but this is really shocking to me.

He apologised and the recognized it.

Okay, whoever gets caught spying in Formula 1 from now on will have to endure a kinky spanking session by Max and 5 hookers for 5 hours.

As a conciliatory gesture, a cup of tea will be served at the end of the ordeal.

But he didn't admit or deny if that was him in the video.

I think Kimi might be up for that.

Having watched the video the guy in the video could impossibly be Mosley. The way he walked into the building down to the basement in broad daylight isn't very discrete for a man of his caliber. Especially if you consider that he lives in Monaco where he can easily get his hands on low profile escort girl by flicking a finger.

Very true, but those video still shots does show a clear photo of a man who looks very much like Max, however I am still not convienced Max was involved in any of this.