In 1995 in a similar petrol related incident Schumacher an Coulthard were allowed to keep their points of the race, while their teams lost their points for that race.

Even in a more serious event, 'the spygate' the drivers were allowed to keep their points, even if the spying would have benefited them, the punishment was directed only to the team.

Could somebody explain to me the logic behind the claim that the three drivers, Rosberg &co. should in this petrol case lose their points.

ilemri, London,

'Did nobody learn the first time round? His father is black, his mother is white. He is therefore of MIXED race, half black, half white, as much white as he is black.' Laura Roberts

Ms Roberts, I hear your point, although I think the world at large will view and describe him as black rather mixed-race. Whatever racial descriptive term people choose to describe him...it doesn't matter. He's a breathe of fresh air and genuine exciting talent. Attracting so many people who've NEVER had the slightest interest in F1and are now suddenly fascinated by the sport.

As for Mosley? I wonder where he shops for his shirts...

John J, London,

Max Mosley. Who he?

James, Monteria, Colombia

Max Mophead is about the most negative influence to ever cloud F1, the history of his statements is ample evidence that its time to go to the scrapyard along with the yugo prototypes.
If he is not getting something from the big red team then somebody there has some pretty interesting holiday snaps to ensure his blatant bias towards them...such a shame for the sport...

Viv, Leamington Spa, UK

I'm afraid you may have it the wrong way round. It's Max Moseley's importance that is exaggerated - by himself!

Graham, Kaohsiung,

John Baxter in Scotland, I couldn't agree with you more....About time MM called it a day lest history treats him like his father.

Clement Mawenu, Kampala, Uganda

Is there any truth to the rumor that the FIA will be closely examining Max Mosley's brain prior to the 2008 season for any evidence of Ferrari intellectual property?

Jason, Dundee, Oregon, uSA

It would be surprising if Max Mosely were not in league with the powers-that-be at Ferrari, and that he would stoop to any dirty dealings in order to put one over on his long-term enemy Ron Dennis at McLaren - but I have no evidence that this is the case and it would be wrong of me to suggest it.

John Bard, Birmingham, England

It is now well recognised that Mosely bends over backwards to favour Ferrari. Is he on the payroll or got the use of a villa in Tuscany?

Ron, Bedford, U.K.

Max Mosley should try engaging brain before operating mouth.

Claire Elizabeth, Houston, Texas

Who whatched F 1 on ITV ? did'nt Martin Brundle ask Big Bernie who was going to win ? and did'nt Big Bernie say not Lewis he's got loads more years to do that, all he did'nt say was "we'll let Kimi have it. he's the outsider", "It might stop Ferrari whining for a minute" Pardon me for getting the impression that this might be fixed, Formula one is fast becoming totally farsical. How many other buisness's can you name that involve Billions and leave anything to chance , how many sponsors are really interested in who can drive fastest?
Get real it's about money not sport, If they can make cash from a black driver then Lewis will win, Talent or no,

Will, Hannover, Germany

Lalaloon said: Bernie does not want Hamilton to win the championship as a rookie..Have you seen same F1as me?? ´Cause Bernie just said HE WANTED LEWIS !!!
(or maybe he said love...not sure)

john, Granada,

No proof against Hamnilton - yet he still hints.
Wary of Hamilton becoming as dominant as Schumacher yet reckons he's also somehow overrated.
Will be checking LH's car not for Ferrari parts themselves, but "ideas" which may not look anything like Ferrari parts. I'm sure I could find "ideas" of all sorts in pretty much any car design.
This guy is a chip off the old block - LH has clearly got under his skin - he doesn't like to see his race win, sorry I meant him win races.

JB, Hong Kong ,

Max, your true colours are showing.

Sam Hameed, London, Middlesex

The "Schumacher effect" comes about from a team favoring one driver and using the other driver to block the opposition.

Thats how Ferrari won the last race....

That will never happen at McLaren as long as Alonso/Hamilton are allowed to race each other.

Ignoring all the rubbish from Spain...hopefully thats what we will get next season

2 McLaren drivers v the #1 Ferrari driver

P Mansfield, Hong Kong , Hong Kong

"Hamilton, 22 and F1's first black driver..."

Here we go again. Did nobody learn the first time round? His father is black, his mother is white. He is therefore of MIXED race, half black, half white, as much white as he is black. Why on earth do you choose to ignore his whiteness? Like Tiger Woods, he's not black. Get with it, this factual mistake in reporting about Hamilton is astonishingly ignorant and misleading.

Laura Roberts, London, UK

Once again "Mosley" has proved he is in Ferrari's pay roll,
what do the words FIA stand for " Ferrari internal Affairs"?

I used to be such a fun of formula 1 and the Ferrari brand, but since every rule seem to favor Ferrari I virtually stopped watching
Since Lewis Hamilton started the new Formula 1 revolution he has revived my interest, but frankly with people like Mosley in charge of such an important sport it's really bad news.

Two names I can't stand: Mosley and Ferrari

Emidio, London, United Kingdom

Not really sure what Max Mosley is talking about. Every once in a while a "natural" comes along in a particular sport who, with their ability, makes it look all so effortless (think Sampras / Federer in tennis) compared with the competition. This is all Hamilton has ever wanted to do, and with his natural ability he has proved this season that he is the real deal. Hamilton is a breath of fresh air in F1 and I'm sure he will go on to win many championships...

Adam, Southampton,

If Simon Tresadern thinks Max Mosley is dumb, then what does he think of the rest of us.

AJPreston, Brisbane, Australia

what a $%^(*!. I really can't understand why people seem to want Lewis to fail so badly. Im not exactly his biggest fan, but it appeared to me as though the majority of worldwide fans, drivers, and elements within the governing body of the sport wanted him to fail. The irony is that it is the english who normaly want people to fail, though in this case they were the only ones who seemed to want him to win. I really think he deserved to win the championship and I cannot see how it could be bad for the sport. Maybe I am paranoid, but I find it hard not to think that if Hamilton was not English there would have been much more worldwide support for his championship aspirations.

Mark, Bristol, England

Max 'Ferrari' Moseley. Nuff said!!!

Keith, Berekshire, England

Mad Max strikes again at Lewis and Team Mclaren - and yet not Alonso who was the only race driver known to have tried to benefit from the Ferrari data obtained by Coughlan.
Mad Max is so unsporting, prejudiced, nasty and vindictive that he is not fit to run the FIA?
If only Lewis and Mclaren / Mercedes (plus Sir Jackie Stewart) initiated libel actions against him for his consistently outrageous remarks.
This is without the small matter of Mclaren's ejection from the Constructor's World Championship and USD100M fine even though the FIA had no proof that anyone at Mclaren other than Coughlan, Alonso and De la Rosa were familiar with any elements of the Ferrari data - let alone any evidence that Mclaren's car or race tactics benefited from it in any way.

Antoine, Nice, France

Lewis is black? How's that? His mother is white? How does that make him black? Watson, come back and explain to these white-denial idiots what mixed race is.

James, London, UK

If you can't compete, why attend? If you can't win, why finish? A nation of spectators, make that borderline losers.
Now why does everyone take an instant dislike to me?

Andrew Milner, Yokohama, Japan

Is it just me or is this the sound of a popular movement forming?
Mosley has to go. The man is either one of the most mystifying, gaff-prone, off-kilter and belligerent officials in world sport, with all the finesse of a bull in a china shop, or he is simply very scared of upsetting Ferrari.
Or ,alternatively, if you live in Spain, he's making a perfectly un-bias and fair observation, which he has been forced to make without reference to any evidence because of the scheming plans of the empirialistic English media, who are hell-bent on destroying the honour of Fernando Alonso esq - Saint, Matador, bushy eyebrow afficianado and pilot extraordinaire!!

TG, Christchurch, New Zealand

Hamilton won 4 out of 17 GPs, as did Alonso.

Raikonnen won 6. If Kimi races through next season like he finished the last...

RICHARD BOYCE, Haywards Heath, Sussex

Poor Lewis. All hes ever wanted to do is race since he was a little nipper! Suddenly, everybody is having a go at him for wanting to a winner. Ignore them all Lew, and let your racing do the talking. Be strong and brave. All your fans are behind you!

Jo Mulligan, London,

What in the name of Gods ar*e is Mosley on about now?!

I'm no particular fan of Hamilton but ignoring the sly implication of Hamilton in the spying (why in the hell *would* he necessarily know of anything?!) how can Mosley on the one hand say "the attention could have gone to any of the other young drivers" and then say “If he does the same thing next season as he’s done this season.. it will start to be negative because we’ll get the Schumacher effect ..."
So what you're saying is that Hamilton pretty much blitzed everyone and made for a fantastic 3-4 horse race, but his impact has been exaggerated compared to the other newbies that were left a fair bit lower down the leaderboard?! And that didn't raise the interest of people globally? No?

It's depressing that someone of such limted vision and intellect can reach the heady heights that he has.

Can someone not put this cretin out of my misery? Please?!
This won't get posted. 10 of these I've left, none of which have been put up.

Simon Tresadern, Edinburgh, Scotland

Max Mosely has demonstrated that he is clearly out of touch with the real world, or that he has a hidden agenda, when he talks about the possibility of Lewis Hamilton suffering from the "Schumacher effect" and the consequent "negative" for F1. The "Schumacher effect" was created by that individual's perceived arrogance. Mosely should be looking at the positive effect Valentino Rossi's success has had on Moto GP. I would suggest that Hamilton's personality will ensure that any future success he has will create a similar positive for F1. I think Mr Mosely's statement is more likely to be a "negative" for F1 and perhaps he needs a new PR consultant.

Stephen Walker, Brighton, UK

Cannot help wondering if some have been trying to reduce Hamilton's impact since halfway through the season.

Alonzo certainly satisfied with outcome(he has said) and Ferrari clearly jubilant.

Could it have all been set up by e-mails!

Max Mosely clearly prefers Hamilton to be pipped at the post. His remarks are not exactly sporting and he seems to seek to detract from these achievements .. rocking the cosiness of F1.

Or is it just me being cynical. Give Luis his due!

David Jeremy, Instow, Devon UK

More soundbites, whinging and moaning because finally we have someone who has the ability and determination to win the drivers championship and the powers that be can't stand it.

Most of the controversy during the later stages of last season was staged managed, it's plainly obvious.

And as for Mosley, some of us remember his Dad's contibution to the last War...I take what he says with a pinch of salt.

Jeremy Jones, Chester, Flintshire

He just did suggest he knew by saying he would be surprised if he didn't!
F1 was boring over the last few years and is now over regulated by petty officials who are inconsistant. For example if there is no penalty for fuel rules being broken that could effect the race why was McLaren fined for a tyre mistake that didn't effect the race at all.
It all smacks of management manipulation
Lewis Hamilton has certainly excited more interest in F1 than Max Mosley

Michael F Hammond, Quesnel, BC Canada

He dosn't like McLaren,does he?
" It would be suprising if he didn't know something of what was going on,but I've absolutely no evidence.On that basis it would be wrong of me to suggest that he had."
Classic lawyer speak - this bloke is what we used to call mealy mouthed and it's not a compliment.
."Obviously no evidence" - then shut up.

robert everitt, wolverhampton,

Funny, I don't remember Mosley complaining about Schumacher when he was still competing. Are we to infer that the FIA prefers F1 drivers to be successful, but not too successful?

I'd also like to say I'd be surprised if Mr Mosley wasn't in the pay of Ferrari. I don't have any evidence for it but apparently it's still okay to raise the question.

Harry, London, UK

I don't agree with many of the things Max Mosley defends, for instance the engine freeze and other measures that only serve to curb the development of Formula 1 motor racing.

This said, I think he has a point here. Hamilton was over-hyped and in the end he failed to deliver. Unfortunately for this candid young driver, his deeds are not as big as his words--but at least he steps forth and takes the blame when he fails, unlike his boss.

Michel Angstadt, Serranillos del Valle, (Madrid) Spain

Max Mosely had a father who would probabaly have similar views to him. He should know better than to play the race card more than anyone- after all history doesnt paint a very good picture of his father.

John Baxter, scotland,

“It would be surprising if he didn’t know something of what was going on, but I’ve got absolutely no evidence that he had. On that basis it would be wrong of me to suggest that he had.”

You just did suggest it Max....why dont you just kick McLaren and Lewis a little bit more...

Adrian, aldershot, England

Hands up who hates Max Mosley?

Steve Doxey, Leics, UK

Max Mosley is Mr Ecclestones voice in the FIA and a long time friend. Bernie does not want Hamilton to win the championship as a rookie, as it would show F1 to be a farce. The best car wins regardless of the driver.
As a result, Mosely will always president of the FIA and the result in Brazil will not be overturned.

Lalaloon, London, England

How can Max Mosley say that Lewis Hamilton's importance is exaggerated when in the same speech he says he fears another Shumacher effect from Lewis?
My view is that Max Mosley has done more harm to F1 than Shumacher, Alonso, Ferrari and Mclaren put together.

If you want F1 back on an even keel with a constant worldwide fan base then to start you need to get rid of Max Mosley.

Malcolm Jeffs, Chinnor,

He's probably right. We in England do have a tendency to think everyone in the world thinks exactly the same as we do. There's no reason Hamilton should be more popular in Europe (apart from Spain, where non-Alonso success breeds only hatred and jealousy) than the other young, talented drivers mentioned. And there's no way he should win the championship by default. Raikkonen deserves it, he's a class act. Lewis can do it properly next year.

chris, Worthing, England