Ted68 wrote:I agree that the ever tightening regs have hurt F1. And I agree that M. M. is at the helm of that ship. But what he does to chase his pleasure has nothing to do with what he has done as President of the FIA.
If the argument is that those who enjoy S&M are not to be in power because the rest of the populace is put off by it, than should we also openly ban homosexuals from any sort of managerial position? N0! Because ones job is not the place for their sexual pursuits in any case (typically).
And as for M. M.'s replacement, as Checkered posted earlier in this thread, many have called for that for some time. However, no one has been able to oppose him or replace him.
And now something completely different...
In February Bernie hints there are not enough sex scandals in F1. In March Todt resigns from Ferrari. April fools days ses a Mosely sex scandal. Will May see Todt replace Mosely? All according to Ecclestone's plan?
This is where you are wrong. Max's personal issues with power, authority etc. have affected his job performance from day one. His tyrannical approach is directly tied to his "personal life". He seeks to exceed his office's authority and afflict us all with his socialistic centralized planning view of El-Cheapo F1, limited wind tunnel time, customer cars etc. This is not within the realm of his office. Indeed, many of the goofy regs from 1997 (grooved tyres, narrow cars) have been thrust upon the teams despite the Concorde Agreement leaving that to the Technical Working Group (TWG). Spec'd cylinder spacing, spec'd alloys, and the move to 2.4 V8s under the guise of the "safety clause" are all illustrative of Max's abuses and his warped sense of power.
We have only seen the tip of this particular iceberg. If those who "set him up" are as organized as they appear, if they are "funded by clients unknown", then we can expect very detailed footage from a room filled with secret cameras and microphones. We can expect the heat to be incrementally turned up until Max cries "enough". His absence from Bahrain is just the beginning. Certainly he won't be able to go to Germany. I expect him to resign as soon as the heat is turned up by corporate big wigs. BMW and Mercedes will agitate for him removal in a discrete way. It is politically unpalatable to defend Max's dungeon antics since he is the son of a famous Nazi sympathizer (whether or not the S&M had Nazi overtones).
BTW, suppose you were Ron Dennis and this particular Madam came to you and said she could deliver you all the footage you could want for a price.... would you pass up the opportunity? What about Paul Stoddard? Max has plenty of people who would be delighted to see him gone. Max is toast and it is only a matter of a week or less before it is all over for him.
Max must go. Not because of S & M, but because of his warped views on how to run a motorsport organization. But I would argue that they are one and the same.
Dave Richards for FIA President???? He is non-partisan enough. He would have to divest from the WRC or decline the job should it be offered to him.
Innovation over refinement is the prefered path to performance. -- Get rid of the dopey regs in F1
This is no longer a confidential & private matter. 
