F1 News
- April 2, 2008
Max talks
First up the letter, and it’s really well worded, proving he is a political animal, and not stupid.
From information provided to me by an impeccable high-level source close to the UK police and security services, I understand that over the last 2 weeks or so, a covert investigation of my private life and background has been undertaken by a group specialising in such things, for reasons and clients as yet unknown. I have had similar but less well-sourced information from France
Regrettably you are now familiar with the results of this covert investigation and I am very sorry if this has embarrassed you or the club. Not content with publicising highly personal and private activities, which are, to say the least, embarrassing, a British tabloid newspaper published the story with the claim that there was some sort of Nazi connotation to the matter. This is entirely false.
It is against the law in most countries to publish details of a person’s private life without good reason. The publications by The News of the World are a wholly unwarranted invasion of my privacy and I intend to issue legal proceedings against the Newspaper in the UK and other jurisdictions.
I have received a very large number of messages of sympathy and support from those within the FIA and the motor sport and motoring communities generally, suggesting that my private life is not relevant to my work and that I should continue in my role. I am grateful and with your support I intend to follow this advice. I shall now devote some time to those responsible for putting this into the public domain but above all I need to repair the damage to my immediate family who are the innocent and unsuspecting victims of this deliberate and calculated personal attack. You can, however be certain that I will not allow any of this to impede my commitment to the work of the FIA.”
Yours sincerely,
Max Mosley
FIA President
As you can see, at no point does he actually say it was him, although as he is apologising about the Nazzi stuff it is assumed he kew about it at least, so he cannot say he was drugged.
The other thing that strikes me is he is either, Paranoid, or in deeper than we thought. Most people thought that this was all setup by the News Of The World in one of their ’sting’ operations (they have done similar stuff before with other people, usually footballers). However if the first paragraph is to be believed it would seem that their is someone investigating him, and the footage turned up on the newspapers lap. Strange if someone is investigating him, as who would it be? (Jackie surely would not go to the expense)
Also as Oliver points out he has made no mention of the people (and there are significant numbers) who think he should either step down, or aside until this all blows over. He only sites those people who have offered him support, not even a cursory glance to those that have been the opposite.
Max, please step asside and let this all blow over, or even better hand over your rain to Todt, you are the first one to complain when teams/drivers bring the sport into disrepute, and I think (whether guilty or not) this counts in that camp.
