The governing body of UK motorsport, the Motor Sports Association, has refused to be drawn on the ongoing saga regarding
Max Mosley ahead of an Extraordinary General Assembly of the FIA Senate in June.
The meeting has been called in the wake of the reports in the
News of the World regarding Mosley's private life, with the British tabloid accusing the FIA president of being involved in a five-hour orgy with five prostitutes that had Nazi connotations.
Mosley has denied that there was any Nazi element to the incident and has taken legal action again News Group Newspapers Limited for a breach of privacy and called for a meeting of the FIA Senate to discuss his future, with the meeting having been for 3 June in Paris.
That meeting will see Mosley undergo a vote of confidence as the various voting members of the FIA come together and a statement issued by the MSA said it was not prepared to make any comment prior to the secret ballot so that the ‘full and proper process' can be adhered to.
"The MSA, like the vast majority of the 222 voting members of the FIA, will refrain from making any judgement or comment on the issue prior to the Extraordinary General Assembly that has been called by the FIA for 3 June," the statement read. "The issues over the Presidency are matters that should, and will, be resolved by Member Clubs under the Statutes of the
FIA. It would be inappropriate for the MSA to pre-empt this meeting, and the decisions made therein, by making any comments beforehand.
"That other organisations (particularly those that are non-FIA affiliated) and individuals have chosen to express their views publicly on the issue, is entirely up to them. If they are not members of the FIA, they do not have the benefit of the official forum in which to discuss and vote on the matter, as the MSA has. Nor do they have a responsibility, as members of the FIA, to follow the full and proper process.
"At all times, the MSA will continue to represent the best interests of British motor sport. The MSA has received a number of views in recent days and these will be carefully considered and properly represented at the Extraordinary General Assembly in June."
