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Stewart: Mosley should resign

Sir Jackie Stewart believes Max Mosley should resign as the president of motorsport's world governing body, the FIA. Stewart said that if Mosley were president of the Olympics he would have already been told to go.

"If Max were president of the Olympic movement, he would have been told to go," Stewart told press agency PA. "I don't see how he can justify staying on. The vote of confidence was not a large majority, and there were a number of people who did not vote.

"As for the motorsport community, there were very few people who were prepared to speak out, basically in fear of repercussions. That does not speak well of the organisation, and I feel Max should now step down and cut out of it totally.

"That's what puts a shadow over the FIA, that it is being allowed to occur when any other federation would not tolerate it. The FIA needs to be run by full-time, fully-paid executives, and completely re-structured to provide correct corporate governance that is totally transparent. If he were in any organisation, he would undoubtedly have had to leave, with influence from within.

"The FIA should have more knowledge of life than to allow this to continue, and that is what is showing up negatively against them."

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