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Ecclestone calls for Mosley to step down
31 May 2008Bernie Ecclestone has called for Max Mosley to step down as FIA president and avoid the controversy of next Tuesday's confidence vote at the FIA Senate.
Ecclestone was full or praise for everything Mosley has achieved as FIA president, but acknowledged it was time for him to step down, following revelations about his private life and the impact that is having on the sport and its stakeholders.
"The last thing most people involved in the sport, including the clubs, would want to see is Max in a position where he could be forced to stand down," Ecclestone told the Daily Telegraph newspaper. "I don't want to see that. I've been a friend of Max for 40 years. I would hate to see him go in this way after all he has done for the sport."
"Since the story broke I have been under enormous pressure from the people who invest in Formula One, sponsors and manufacturers, over this issue," he added. "They point out that as a chief executive or chief operating officer of a major company they would have gone either immediately, or within 24 hours, in the same circumstances. They cannot understand why Max has not done the same."
"Max is a strong man," Ecclestone went on. "Once he makes a decision he sticks to it. He feels that there is still important work to do at the FIA. But in my view there is a way to accomplish this and retire at the end of the year at the FIA general assembly in November. I would be happy to sit at his side to help him to achieve that."
"He should stand down out of responsibility for the institution he represents, including F1. Everyone who I speak to in a position of authority across F1 rings me to say he should leave. It is regretful that he has not made that decision," Ecclestone concluded.
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