Mosley Wins Vote of No-Confidence!!!

A dark cloud has been cast over motorsports today.

Max Mosley won the vote of no confidence. Just when we all thought the man was cornered, defenseless; up until today the question was not whether he would survive, but rather who would replace him. That question spilled a lot more ink as opposed to the aftermath of today's vote . 

The FIA has deliberated, the votes were cast in the most democratic, fair and anonymous manner (apparently). What was seen as an opportunity to restore the FIA's image, confidence and most of all credibility has been nothing more than a scam. Max Mosley has  won the vote of no confidence by a mile!

Here are the controversial results as obtained on the F1-live.com website

This is unbelievable. How on earth did this happen? The FIA has voted in majority to keep a man that has brought so much shame on himself and on the FIA as an organisation in general. Setting up a vote of no-confidence was a big favor considering in any other executive board of any other major companies, Max would have had the decency to resign before the board of execs or shareholders dissolve him. How then could the 103 representatives defend themselves of their decision to keep Max as president of the FIA?

What were those voting for the motion thinking? Are they aware over 200 motorsports association throughout the world have called for Mosley to quit?

This is the FIA's response. A total fiasco. A political machination with key implications for the future of the FIA. A total mishap. A scam in essence. Max Mosley may have won this battle, he may be safe for now; however, the respite has already ended for FIA is now facing a boycott from Europe's largest automobile club—and that's just the beginning.

The fall out of Mosley's survival has begun with Germany's Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC)—Europe's largest automobile club—issuing a statement regarding their intentions to boycott the FIA until further notice, in protest of today's vote in keeping Max Mosley as FIA president.

Furthermore, representatives from America's automobile association (AAA), Robert Darbelnet, mentioned the AAA may join the ADAC in the protest. Give it a couple of days and this motion will snowball big time; how will the FIA respond to this one?

The boycott will have repercussions and consequences, it will batter the FIAs image as a credible board for the running of motorsports; if a majority of the world's automotive associations follow the ADAC's lead in this boycott, Max Mosley will have a very difficult time to advocate himself as the president of a so-called competent authority regulating motorsports in a just manner (as if...).

Furthermore, to add oil to the flame Bernie Ecclestone was quoted earlier today as saying he feared Max Mosley would re-run for the presidency in 2009 although this is more of a manipulation attempt than anything else, a mediatic coup in essence meant to frighten the public at large and get everyone (every automobile association) to pressure Mosley out of his job.

Today's vote has cast a dark cloud over motorsports, another battering for the image of our beloved formula one.

Now is the time to stand up against the malfunctioning, tyrannic and ignorant authority at the top of the FIA!