What is Max Mosley doing now....

[RobbieW]

Yesterday Max Mosley made the following statement:-

Motorsport boss Max Mosley has said Lewis Hamilton could have a negative effect on Formula One if he is as successful next year as he was in 2007.
"If he does the same thing next season as he's done this season, it will certainly have a big effect," he said.

"It will start to be negative because we'll get the Schumacher effect where people start writing to me saying can't you do something to slow him down."

Mosley added that Hamilton's role in revitalising F1 had been exaggerated.


With out starting the Ferrari/Mclaren arguments, what is this guy on today? How can it be negative for motorsport if LH does what he did this year again next year? ok there were problems within the Mclaren camp that people may say was his fault, some say its Alono's fault and some will say its racing. At the end of the day Lewis didn;t win the world championship, with the help of the british media F1 has suddenly become big again in the UK, and having 3 pottential winners of the world championship before the start of the last race kept people watching.

one final point.... I am disgusted with Lewis this week, he made a statement saying that due to the fact he couldn't go anywhere without being rekonised and the fact that the media are always following him he is leaving the uK and going to switzerland, there are plenty of celeb's in this country who are bigger than him who still live here, maybe he chose switzerland because of its Tax benefits! :thumbsdown: I read a little while ago that motor racing drivers get good tax deals in switzerland, because many years ago there was a motor racing accident there, and following that motor racing isn;t regarded as a sport, therefore drivers have to pay a token tax. This is being reviewed apparantly.

Thats my rant over with.....

btw... Good morning all

 

[whitewash]

my thoughts are this, lewis has dissapeared up his own arse already, i hoped he wouldnt but it appears he has


max mosley continues to reinforce to everyone the fact that he should keep his gob shut

 

[RobbieW]

max mosley continues to reinforce to everyone the fact that he should keep his gob shut

must be about time he retired, there are rumours at the moment taht big changes are afoot at ferrari, luca de monta..... (what ever his name is) is looking at building for the future which may mean Ross Brawn is the big boss, which may free up Todt to go to the FIA like mosley wants,

only rumours, but some rumours have a habit of coming true. can;t decide who would be worse as a FIA president max or todt... may be we should bring in the ex Minardi boss or Jackie Stewart!

on another note, its looking likely that pro-drive won;t enter next year, due to Bernie and co deciding customers cars aren't the way forward. Its now too late for them to design one - what a mess!

 

[mullrallyesport]

Max Mosely and the FIA are going threw abit of a faze just like the MSA where they are trying to put motorsport 6 feet under:razz:.

FIA are slowly making F1 rubbish and lining their own pockets in the proccess. MSA are just doing the same with rallying in the UK.

 

[Gary]

Max is 100% correct.
What he is saying is that Lewis is so good, he will probably start dominating races like MS did, and that makes it boring.

I'm not quite sure why you guys arent happy with him saying that, as its a very good point. If Lewis dominates like MS, it will be good for the sport in the UK, but all the other countries will turn their TVs off (and spain with its two races next year, will go back to watching Moto GP instead )

 

[RobbieW]

Max is 100% correct.
What he is saying is that Lewis is so good, he will probably start dominating races like MS did, and that makes it boring.

i understand where u are coming from, but lewis didn;t dominate the sport, there were 4 drivers who won races, and many more such as the bmw guys who shone.

we have no idea whats going to happen next year, ferrari may design a car which is far supperior to the mclaren and they may walk away with the title.

why single him out? he isn't saying the same about kimi? who won more races and therefore dominated the season a little more. surely if kimi wins next year he will dominate f1 as thats a back to back, like alonso did in 2005 and 06.

 

[Gary]

yeah, but he's not talking about this year, he's talking about next year. He's saying that if he can do that in his first year then when he gets even better he is going to dominate and thats not good for the sport. Kimi, etc are already pretty much at the top of their game. Lewis is only a Rookie and can/will get even better (especially once he stops making mistakes)

 

[andrewc]

I've thought for a while that LH is a double-edged sword. His achievement this year in almost becoming the 2nd person to win the F1 championship in their rookie year has brought a lot of people too the sport, but if he goes on to dominate then it will turn people away.

LH had an advantage in the early part of the season as Kimi and Alonso took a long time to get their heads round the changes in tyres to what they were used to last year, in the second half of the season LH hasn't been as impressive as the first half.

 

[Yv]

As much as it galls to admit it, MM is actually correct, LH could be bad for the sport if he has several years of domination, in the same way Schumacher eventually turned people off. However, with the current cars and drivers, that seems unlikely for a year or two yet, so lets hope it doesn't become an issue.

More worrying in my mind is the latest engine changes, they have now decided on a 10 year engine freeze!! I mean WTF?? This is meant to be the pinnacle of motor sport technology. The manufacturers [and I heard, but cant substantiate that this included input from ferrari] put forward an alternative proposal that was both more environmentally friendly and would be equally cost cutting, but Mosely and his minions threw it straight back in their faces. How long before a breakaway series raises its head again?

Mosely has a couple more years at the helm yet, not bad for a man that SIXTEEN years ago, said more than two terms as leader was bad for anyone and the body over which they ruled No **** Sherlock!

 

[RobbieW]

yeah, but he's not talking about this year, he's talking about next year. He's saying that if he can do that in his first year then when he gets even better he is going to dominate and thats not good for the sport. Kimi, etc are already pretty much at the top of their game. Lewis is only a Rookie and can/will get even better (especially once he stops making mistakes)

that makes sense, i don't think he explained it very well, and risked annoying lewis fans. now i know why newspapers oftern quote with [ ] in, it fills in the blanks for people like me

 

[RobbieW]

More worrying in my mind is the latest engine changes, they have now decided on a 10 year engine freeze!! I mean WTF?? This is meant to be the pinnacle of motor sport technology. The manufacturers [and I heard, but cant substantiate that this included input from ferrari] put forward an alternative proposal that was both more environmentally friendly and would be equally cost cutting, but Mosely and his minions threw it straight back in their faces. How long before a breakaway series raises its head again?

i don;t understand their idea about engine freezes, the get out clause is after 5 years they can apply to make changes in 2 years! so everything is frozen for 7 years wasn't there talk of trying more economical engines with huge turbo's in a few years.

 

[Gary]

that makes sense, i don't think he explained it very well, and risked annoying lewis fans. now i know why newspapers oftern quote with [ ] in, it fills in the blanks for people like me

yeah, i dont know if he didnt say it very well, or if the papers changed it slightly.

i notice the newspapers said today that Heather Mc/Mills said something on TV yesterday that she certainly didnt.

 

[Yv]

i don;t understand their idea about engine freezes, the get out clause is after 5 years they can apply to make changes in 2 years! so everything is frozen for 7 years wasn't there talk of trying more economical engines with huge turbo's in a few years.

Me niether, lets face it, the teams with huge budgets will merely use that budget elsewhere [aero and chassis development] whilst eveyone is stuck with a very old design of engine. Add in to the 2 year notice that there is no guarantees that any proposal put forward will be accepted, and it strikes me that Mosely [under the guise of the FIA rule makes] has seriously lost the plot. 7 years is a very long time with the current rate of technology advancement and development, and F1 could find itself suffering huge 'punishments' in terms of using old style engines when better, more efficient engine technology is available. :shake:

I read that the teams are hoping his reign will end soon and the FIA can have a leader that at least has better ideas, more understanding, and rules will again change.

 

[nilagin]

I'd like to see Alonso remain at McLaren and if he does then I don't think Lewis will be dominating. It only really became boring with MS dominating because he wouldn't allow Ferrari to give him a team mate that was a threat and would only race in support.