Three of Britain's foremost racing heroes have added their voices to those calling for
Max Mosley to resign from his post as
FIA President in the wake of the sex scandal revelations that have rocked the sport in recent weeks.
The 67-year-old last week lost his first court battle against the
News of the World, after High Court judge Mr Justice Eady ruled against his request for an injunction that would have prevented the Sunday tabloid from re-instating a video on its website that it claims depicts his ‘sick Nazi orgy with 5 hookers'. Now more and more of the sport's leading figures are claiming ‘enough is enough'.
“None of us wants to be moralising about individuals, but there has to be an element here to do with the image of the sport, and the ability of the premier representative of the sport in the world to continue to engage with a politic concerned about values,” acknowledged 1996
Formula 1 World Champion
Damon Hill in an interview with
The Times, the British Racing Drivers' Club President having up until now kept a dignified silence on the matter.
“It's a practical issue, but it's also a marketing issue. Businesses connected with the sport want a positive image, and politicians want to engage with it because they know motorsport people support those values.”
“He has obviously lost status,” agreed 1959 vice-champion Tony Brooks, one of Britain's most respected drivers in the history of the top flight, “because while he denies any Nazi connotations, cavorting around with prostitutes in that manner is not something to be proud of.
“No doubt other people do it and don't get found out, but he has been, and in his position he needs to have status and image. I don't condemn his private practices – if he thinks what he was doing is alright, that's between him and his maker.
“Sexual perversion is something you don't judge these days, but his is a terribly important position, a prestigious position. To me he's dragging the sport into disrepute, and that can't be right.”
