“I only went to one complete F1 race last year. That was Monaco, and that was because I live there. I will be going to the Monaco Grand Prix [in May].”
He also re-affirmed his determination to battle to keep his job – despite innumerable calls for his resignation from the sport's leading teams, former drivers and motoring organisations around the globe – but added he would not be seeking a fifth term.
“My inclination is to stand and fight,” he re-iterated. “If they wish me to continue, I will continue; if they don't, I'll stop.”
F1's team bosses, meanwhile, remained tight-lipped over the subject during a meeting held in
Toyota's motorhome during the Barcelona weekend, convened by the sport's supremo
Bernie Ecclestone. All team principals save for Aguri Suzuki were in attendance, but the
Daily Telegraph claims that efforts to issue a joint statement on the matter were blocked by
Ferrari – whose president, the urbane Luca di Montezemolo, is a key Mosley ally –
Williams and
Scuderia Toro Rosso (co-owned by Mosley's Monaco neighbour and close friend Gerhard Berger), all of whom said they could not commit themselves without further consultations.
That argument is at odds with the view taken by major manufacturers
BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and
Honda, who all released their own statements in Bahrain three weeks ago expressing their distaste and severe disapproval of Mosley's actions. It is believed the teams are becoming increasingly angry at being powerless to do anything about the massively-commercialised sport into which they have invested millions being controlled by a man currently embroiled in a highly damaging sex scandal.
