Mosley scandal can be a 'nine-day wonder'.

I don't believe "all publicity is good publicity"......if you want proof ask Gerald Ratner! Regardless of the sponsorship impact or not the fact remains that the image of F1 has been damaged again. When the head of the FIA cannot attend a Grand Prix because of his private life, then I am sorry Mr Mosely but it DOES effect your ability to to do your job. Your position is untenible, you have to go

Only the "MOSLEY SCANDAL" could over shadow the "SPY ROW"..Thanks to Max.. I was sick and tired of the SPY ROW for a long time now..

this new smoke screen over minimal financial impacts on F1 is irrelevant. This man holds a very high profile and public position and has "broken the norms" that go with same, he cannot be respected and should stop his arrogant stance and gracefully resign, if not he should be removed.

mm works in a global office,you cant work in an office if your not welcome in that office,how can he possibly carry on in a job where he has no respect from the people he has to woo.his behavior has offended half the globe,and i agree with"jagworth" about his arrogance,strutting about threatening to sue everyone,its time for him to go, but i've got a feeling he'll need to be pushed because he's too arrogant to walk........
eff off MM you sad old git....lol.

Even if FIA supports him, it won't be a 9-day wonder if he's in court suing the NOTW in July. The headlines from that will be even more lurid. Every fine detail will be put under the microscope. It's easy to deny Nazi allegations in sound-bite mode, but in court they'll go over every detail of what he and the women were wearing and why, why he was speaking in German, why were some of the women German-speakers, why the mock checking for lice, every tiny thing that could have led a 'reasonable person' to describe it as Nazi-style. And what if he loses his case after getting FIA backing, what then? I don't believe he'll dare take it to court, it's just a tactic to get past the FIA hearing.

This Pippa woman has that phrase all out of context - Thank you Stephen for putting her right.
In some industries / markets any publicity is good publicity ... like film, music, etc ... not in sports sponsorship where companies associate with teams & individuals based on the common interests they share. Big multinationals want fans to associate with them based on the performance & behaviour of the team / individual, so ethics & morals are very important to many companies when making that decision.

I know for a fact that certain sponsors & even broadcasters have already made this clear to their national associations "for them to consider when casting their vote at the FIA general assembly".

I do actually think that to some extent this debarcle has gotten F1 more column inches in places where it may not have been before. US TV, for example, seems to be having its fair share of digs at Mosley on their topical shows. F1 before then would, I expect, be well off the radar.

However, while it may be "upping" F1's viability in some areas, that's far outclassed by areas where F1 is common, and well loved, being cast in ill-repute.

While I find the whole Nazi aspect to the affair incredibly offensive and distasteful, frankly that is the only thing about it that bothers me and I hope that Max beats the rap. People should have the right to their sex lives,whether they are public officials or not, as long as only consenting adults are involved. I hate the term "sex scandal" because it implies that we have the right to judge anyone's sex life. As a lifelong lesbian, I suffered years of discrimination because of my sex life and the sooner everyone's sex life is no longer news or something they can lose their job over, the better in my view.

Bye Bye Maxi the big day is getting closer, things are hotting up, but dont ask me to check your tempeture LOL LOL

So Lisa ... when your 13yr old teenage daughters high school teacher gets caught in a schoolgirl role-play with a prostitute ... there's nothing for you to be concerned about - coz it's private & between the people involved only???!!!

C'mon ... once u get caught, it's no longer private ... & then anyone who has a vested interest has the right to determine whether or not you're fit for the position. Most people would just go without being pushed, but not Max it seems.

Publicity is not the whole issue. He was unable to represent the FIA in Bahrain due to his deviant behavior. Who is next to request that he stay home on a grand prix weekend? He has lost the respect of several sanctioning bodies and major manufacturers. How can he be seen as a symbol of authority when the mention of his name conjures up images of him getting his backside whipped?

If that is indeed the case, then it reflects as much on the morality of the marketing/sponsorship industry as it does on Mosley. He is the figurehead for an international organisation. Lord (John) Browne set a precedent of sorts when he retired as head of BP "early" after allegations over his private life came to light. At that level you cannot have different standards for both your public and private lives - whatever the rights and wrongs of that.

Another example of this is in the last couple of months that got the headlines was Elliot Spitzer the American governor in New York had to resign when he had been caught with just the one Prostitute while Mosley got caught with 5. So Mosley definitely got more value for money than Spitzer did. But seriously while is has put Formula 1 on the front pages of the national newspapers (a bet for not the best reasons)it has placed questions on Mosley's conduct, and I personally believe that he may still have to go for this in all honesty. I think it is time that Formula 1 needs a fresh look at the top to attract more blue chip companies.

To try and compare this incident with Rebecca Loos expose of David Beckham is ridiculous. Mosley is a law maker and head of an international sporting establishment representing millions of motorists including me!
He cannot be allowed to stay in office and i fully expect him to be "banned" from other GPs before the meeting in June - all he is doing is postponing the inevitable - he should fall on his whip now and go immediately.

I can't wait to know jow he think he will get out of the "Nazi allegation".
I don't like Mosley a bit, but if he can prove that there was really no Nazism involved, then he should not be forced to resign, as much as i hate to actually write that.
I my mind, it's the Nazi side that is very disturbing, for the rest of it... Well, the guy can do whatever he like.

In my view the apparent Nazi element is one of the final nails in the coffin - it's the bit you couldn't make up and if it was in a film you would think "No that's ridiculous - where did they get this script"

A serious error of judgement was Moseleys request that the five hour session be filmed so that he would be able to relive it - presumably until he gave himself callouses.

I'm all for what people do in their own bedroom being private, but if you are a married man and you cavort with five poeple at once who have demanded money in someone elses house and are foolish enough to request that it be filmed - you deserve no sympathy. This man should not be allowed to set the rules.

So Max did you or did you not say you needed time with your family to repair the damage caused by The News of The World who revealed your harmless and completely legal actions.I expect you got home and Mrs Mosley said did you have a nice time dear,fully aware of the orgy.This is not the way most of us spend our evenings, as most of us love and respect our families to much to subject them to so much pain and humiliation.

I have heared that the Moseley effect has generated extra coverage for F1 in Canada - there may be some positive publicity in a liberal democracy with little previous interest in F1, but I am sure the publicity will be negative in less liberal countries.

In future I would like this job to feature a salary - At present it is unsalaried which seriously restricts the pool of potential candidates to "gentlemen" like Moseley i.e. the privileged few born with private means or retired millionaires.

This person who claimed to be an expert at CNN must be a very sick & perverted person. If all publicity is good publicity, all politicians won't have to resign for cheating on the family or even cheating on their income tax or electorates.

If he can lie and cheat on his wife then he can lie and cheat while being head of the FIA. Sorry but he should go, he threatens all those people and countries that try and stand in his way. People who need power should not be allowed power.