Max hinting about staying on again
Max hinting about staying on again
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andyps

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7,819 posts

311 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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It would seem that MM is dropping more hints that he hopes to still be around after next October - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72559

Warning off candidates, ruling out the deputy, saying how complex it is. He doesn't even want a challenger by the look of things.

Where do you get the application form?

FourWheelDrift

92,287 posts

313 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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andyps said:
Where do you get the application form?
http://www.madamespankyspleasurepalace.fia.gov

flemke

23,493 posts

266 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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No surprise. We heard it first on PH:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

andyps

Original Poster:

7,819 posts

311 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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flemke said:
No surprise. We heard it first on PH:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I remember it well - just didn't have time to do a search!

flemke

23,493 posts

266 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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andyps said:
flemke said:
No surprise. We heard it first on PH:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I remember it well - just didn't have time to do a search!
Speaking about the qualities an FIA president needed, Mosley said: "A great deal of patience and ideally an ability to understand quickly a great variety of technical and legal issues. I would advise a potential successor to think very carefully before standing for election."

He also played down the prospects of new deputy president Nick Craw from the United States stepping up to become president.

"The difficulty is finding somebody who has the necessary experience, but also the time and inclination to do the job," he explained. "You mention Nick Craw. He is the president of ACCUS, which controls all the different forms of racing in the United States. With all this to contend with, he is probably not exactly looking for work."

As my late grandmother would have said: "He's so crooked that he couldn't lie in bed straight."

Apache

39,731 posts

313 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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It just gets better doesn't it, will any more teams pull out? will there be an F1 left for him to posture over?

rev-erend

21,619 posts

313 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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Perhaps he should just have an election and declare himself President..

Bit like Robert Mugabee and Gordon Brown (OK PM for him !)

jellison

12,803 posts

306 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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He will never go unless pushed.

Any video's of him with BIG Naked MEN?

Derek Smith

49,748 posts

277 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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I reckon Luca di Montezemolo is after Max Rufus' slot, so to speak, and he sees the leadership of FOTA as a stepping stone.

Whether this is a good thing or not will, of course, remain to be seen. Max Rufus was seen as the saviour of fair play following the surprise (to some - most espectially the bloke himself) voting that rid the sport of Balestre. And give Max Rufus his due, in the first few years he seemed a massive improvement, at least to me. It wasn't until the Indy FiAsco that I began to realise what many others had already seen.

Didn't someone once say something about absolute power?

And with regards to Mosley staying, didn't someone say something about looking into the abyss? Something about Mosley's eyes staring right back at you?

10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

246 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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It isn't a rosy implication for anybody considering standing, is it? Effectively, 'if you stand against me, make sure you win, because if you don't you're finished'.

flemke

23,493 posts

266 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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10 Pence Short said:
It isn't a rosy implication for anybody considering standing, is it? Effectively, 'if you stand against me, make sure you win, because if you don't you're finished'.
They would have known that already.
In the '01 election, Mosley's reign was seriously threatened by a rival (IIRC, it was Darbelnet of the AAA). After he was re-elected, the scheming vermin got the rules changed, so that since then the voting system has been heavily stacked in favour of the incumbent.

flemke

23,493 posts

266 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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As a friend mentioned to me today, Mosley's now saying that the job is too demanding and time-consuming for almost anyone bar himself.
One then has to wonder how Mosley can find sufficient time for his FIA responsibilities in between his flogging sessions.

MrKipling43

5,788 posts

245 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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flemke said:
As a friend mentioned to me today, Mosley's now saying that the job is too demanding and time-consuming for almost anyone bar himself.
One then has to wonder how Mosley can find sufficient time for his FIA responsibilities in between his flogging sessions.
With the help of a cool £300m sitting in what I expect is a very secret, very private Swiss bank account.

Unpaid position my rude hole.

Edited by MrKipling43 on Tuesday 23 December 19:10

german tony

2,000 posts

237 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2008
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I clicked that madam spanky link, seems Max's people are prepared to accept applications from both genders, the kinky buggers.

Actually, the longer Max hangs on & Bernie continues to put his pocket 1st the sooner the teams will sod off & start their own thing.

Right now that's got to be best for the sport.

rev-erend

21,619 posts

313 months

Wednesday 24th December 2008
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Just like Balestre, it's now Max Rufusesss time to go.

About time too.

Tony 1234

3,465 posts

256 months

Wednesday 24th December 2008
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Max never fails to disappoint does he!