Monaco Grand Prix: Max Mosley Not Welcome at Monaco

Before the 2008 Bahrain GP, the royal family of Bahrain had already made it clear that Max Mosley would not be welcome to attend the race. At the time, the FIA President's PR machine told the media that Mr. Mosley was not scheduled to be at the Bahrain GP.

Instead, he had other duties to perform elsewhere; the FIA President should be expected to attend the Monaco GP, as that is where he resides.

Now it appears that the royal family of Monaco, the Grimaldis, have also stated that Max is not welcome at next Sunday's grand prix in the principality.

Since then, the FIA President's PR machine has come out again, saying that the FIA president will not "officially" attend the grand prix and all related gala events, but that he will be represented by the FIA Deputy President of Sport, Marco Piccinini.

Furthermore, they say that Mosley was never intended to attend the gala events, but that Mosley will perform his duties at the grand prix in his capacity as FIA President.

All this PR is necessary because of the events that have occured in the past few months.

A video tape depicting an old man and five prostitutes performing sadomasochistic sexual role-playing in an underground "sex dungeon" was released by news service News of The World, who claimed that the old man was FIA President, Max Mosley.

This video has caused significant controversy amongst all the clubs in the world associated with the FIA, as the old man and the five prostitutes participate in actions that some consider to resemble a re-enactment of a "Nazi concentration camp".

Max Mosley has not denied his involvement in the video. Instead, he has reiterated that there is nothing 'Nazi' about the content, and that his actions are eccentric but legal.