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Titolo: [ENG] Something to consider

Source: 
grandprix.com
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FIA President Max Mosley says he is leaving his job in October, a year
before the end of his mandate, and the news has taken everyone by
surprise. In the Formula 1 paddock there is no shortage of theories about
what has caused the unexpected decision and many F1 people are
sufficiently blinkered to think that Mosley's decision is somehow related
to the ongoing politics of Grand Prix racing.
Further investigation, however, appears to suggest that the situation has
nothing to do with F1, except perhaps that some of the powerbrokers in
the FIA feel that Mosley is too close to F1 and does not pay sufficient
attention to other areas in the sport. Mosley decided to quit after he
was defeated on one issue in the World Motor Sport Council on Wednesday
and then on Thursday morning withdrew his proposals about splitting the
job of the FIA President into two roles because it became clear that it
was going to be defeated in the FIA General Assembly.
The rank of file of the FIA did not appear to very interested in the
plans which Mosley had mentioned for the future, which included names
such as Jean Todt and Marco Piccinini. Nor, for that matter, was there
any great enthusiasm for the FIA Presidency to go another member of the
F1 clique that has allowed Formula 1 to dominate FIA activity and which
has allowed so much money to flow out of the sport. There also appears to
have been widespread discontent that the World Rally Championship has
become a mess. Rallying is a key element in the FIA because there are
many member countries which do not have circuit racing or cannot afford
to pay the prices demanded for the big international events.
The warnings have been there since April when Jacques Regis, the
President of the FFSA, made an off-the-cut remark about not having
received any help at all from Max Mosley in his efforts to save the
French Grand Prix. One rarely hears open criticism of Mosley in FIA
circles and it was an indication that there were undercurrents about the
way in which the sport was being run.
Only a few days before Mosley's decision to quit Regis was again firing
criticism at Mosley, saying that the FIA President "needs to change his
policies. If not we will change the president."
The fact that Regis was willing to say such things openly indicated a
level of unspoken support from other FIA people. We have heard
suggestions that there was a well-developed plan to put up a very serious
candidate against Mosley in the FIA elections in October 2005. No-one
seems to know who this might be but our understanding is that it is not
someone with any involvement in the sporting side of the FIA activities.
Perhaps there is a plan for the new man to devolve power over the sport
to a deputy (perhaps even an independent president as Mosley was
suggesting) and that this is the role that Regis sees for himself in the
long term.
What is important in all this is not the details of the politicking but
rather the effect it will have on the sport and certainly there are a lot
of fears in F1 that without Mosley's strong presence the sport will go
even more out of control. For that we will have to wait and see but
certainly it is unlikely that much good will come of the situation unless
whoever replaces Mosley is willing (and able) to stand up and defend the
interest of the sport against the commercial interests which have been so
pervasive in recent times.
More worrying perhaps is the fact that the on-again-off-again
relationship between Mosley and Ecclestone will come to an end and the
next president of the FIA may not have the same comfortable rapport that
the two men have enjoyed.
That has the potential for more clashes in the years ahead as the FIA
tries to find the balance it wants to see between the importance of F1
and the rest of the sport.
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 such as Jean Todt and Marco Piccinini.
Sempre a sostegno della tesi secondo cui la Ferrari sia osteggiata in ogni
modo e in ogni occasione dall'attuale dirigenza FIA.
Ciao,
Luca