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The Max Mosley scandal has dominated much of our time and energy this month, and that is reflected in the June issue (on sale Friday May 2) of Motor Sport. It was inevitable. When motor racing becomes a regular subject for the front pages of national newspapers – for all the wrong reasons – we feel compelled to take a stand. It’s the least you, our readers, should expect.
We’ve taken a hard line on Mosley because we believe his position as FIA President, the most important job in world motor sport, is untenable. As you’ll read in Matters of Moment and Nigel Roebuck’s excellent column, we’re not taking a moral stance here. This has nothing to do with what Mosley does in his private life. What counts is the damaging effect these revelations are having, and will continue to have, on our sport. That’s all we care about.
But what do you think? Let me know by clicking here. I’d value your opinions and we’ll print a selection of your views in the next issue so that the FIA members know exactly what Motor Sport’s readers think ahead of the General Assembly meeting on June 3.
Happily, the magazine has a lot of pages these days, so there is plenty more to read in the issue aside from this grubby and unpleasant political scandal. You’ll be pleased to see there is the usual wide variety of stories about actual motor racing, past and present, too!
My highlights? Well, as ever Simon Taylor’s ‘Lunch with…’ feature is a treat. The legendary Chris Amon has always been great company, and Simon’s only problem this month was fitting everything in to eight pages. Take some time to enjoy it. You won’t be disappointed.
Nigel found a welcome diversion from the Mosley saga by writing about one of his childhood heroes, the inspirational Archie Scott Brown who died 50 years ago this month. Meanwhile, our US editor Gordon Kirby presents an extract from his new biography of Rick Mears, telling the story of how the great oval racer turned down the chance for F1 stardom.
We also have a fantastic new columnist in Mat Oxley, one of the finest motorcycle writers around. Bike racing is unfamiliar territory for Motor Sport, but we think you’ll enjoy the extra diversity it will bring to our pages. Mat will return from time to time to bring us updates from the MotoGP world, and as he has this month, he’ll draw some fascinating parallels to the four-wheeled sport.
Enjoy the issue, and don’t forget to give us your opinion on the FIA president. We want to know what you think.
I love that you’re including bike racing… It is, after all, a motorised sport! And it’s pinnacle of MotoGP is a spectacle that, currently, F1 can only aspire to.
I’m off out to lunch now to get the magazine!!
do you know any information about this subject in other languages?
He should go.
In terms of his contribution to F1, he is well past his sell by date, especially because of his failure to tackle the problem of overtaking (or more correctly non-overtaking).
Given his parentage, you would have thought he would be more careful about what he does in (what he thought was) private. He has brought F1 into disrepute, and I thought that was a sackable offence.