He said what he did was "Harmless and perfectly legal". I wonder if his wife agrees?

Alan, Midlesbrough,

Who´s behind this? Once Max is kicked out of FIA this is the question to answer.

Max and the organization/people that isbehind this need to be punished in the same way.

victor, jerez, spain

Secretly film people's private lives -> Is a criminal fact in Spain.

Practice BDSM is a right everybody has.


Are the laws in UK so different?


PS: I dont like Max as he said Spainsh fans are racists but I respect and believe in freedom, dont you?

Kormak, aqui,

Is this McLaren saying: "it's payback time". Ron must be smiling..remember how FIA published the hearings with Ron Dennis. Officially they deny anything of course.

Melker Thomson, stockholm,

Ecclestone should be ashamed of himself for not turning on Mosley. Maybe he's unfit to be involved in the sport too.

Philip , Surrey,

The FIA President represents millions of automobile users like all of us that are clube members all over the world.

Mr. Mosley's private life would be just up to him, if he hadn't and elected position and this representative honor.

Ceaser's wife can't just be serious, she "must" also look serious. Mr. Mosley just lost the seriousness he had up to now. Sorry,but it's time to go Mr. Mosley.

Paulo, Lisbon , Portugal

How much longer can this affair go on before the sponsors in F1 start tearing up their contracts ?
Will future deals now include a 'Max' clause - so sponsors can get the hell out of the sport quickly when things start falling to pieces ?
It remains to be seen how many 'near-done' deals have been postponed or cancelled entirely because of this absurd debacle - and how many good honest people are going to lose their jobs as a result ?

graham fudger, watford, UK

At least the boys from Brazil are backing him........

MK, Ostuni, Italy

Impose a 50 million pound fine

Roy, Notts, UK

Ed, please continue. This isn't just a private life, this concerns f1 and is the biggest scandal EVER to hit the sport.

Tracy , Oldbury, England

JO, no jounalist, no papparazzi can take a picture of something that didn't happen. The only thing one needs to do to be safe from papparazzi is to behave good. For some, this is irrelevant. For persons entrusted with «representatibity» it is not.

People of authority are expected to be amognst the best creatures our society can produce; Most even claim their «right» to provilege precisely because they are socially examplar. Some are frauds, some are not. If journalist expose frauds theu are good journalists. If they vehicle gossip they are bad journalists.

Max Mosley's exposure of sado-maso sex with NaZi flavour is either a gossip or the exposure os a social fraud. Mr. Mosley may not be a monster just because he plays NaZi.. but he certainly isn't one our finest.

Rui, Lisbon,

Look at here how racist is english society, and they are blaming to spanish people. Max mosley and Nenry prince are two small examples, normal people is worst, but they hide treir problems and try to show or blew the problems in other places.
EU advised 5 countries in europe that they had big big big problems with racism in their countries, one of them was UK. So you can't insult to everyone but the truth is the truth, liars.

Spain, France, Italy, Germany,...didn't appear in that list. YOU HAVE A BIG PROBLEMS WITH IT, FIX UP!!! and forget other people

sara, segovia,

yes Peter, so maybe this way McLaren would finally win. Why not BMW as well?

alfredo, milano, italy

The silent teams Ferrari et al better getter real , Mosley will be gone by weeks end and your lack of moral indignation will be well noted.
Ferrari needs F! more than F1 needs Ferrari. Time to wake up Lucca !

Face it Mosley is history and the future maybe a really fair and balanced leadership devoid to bias to any team. What a concept!

Robert Rath, Brecekenridge, Colorado, USA

Get rid of Mosley, Ecclestone as well, let FI breath again without either one of these masters of manipulation involved in F1

DAVID WHITEFOOT, Oxford, UK

The bottom line is that people are upset because Mosley appears to find the Holocaust sexy. The sexual element being linked to the Nazi element- the prison uniforms are unmistakable- are whats so disgusting. Anyone who wants his survival can only have sympathies for his political and sexual peversions.

Philip , Surrey,

The silence of Ferrari is deafening.
Mosley, Ecclestone and Ferrari, get rid of all three then lets all enjoy F1 without the politics.

Peter, London,

"The fact that this arrogant English man is not deeply ashamed of himself for his perverted vices is sufficient proof that is persona is rotten to the core."
So anyone who has done anything sexual other than for the purposes of procreation should join the dole queue or will there be certain government guidelines as to which perversion is permissable with which job?

JO J, Praha, Czech Rep.

I wonder what Anne Frank would say, if she were alive today.

graham fudger, watford, UK

There are two points I would like to make, the first of which was made elsewhere.

When there was some dispute as to the legality of the process by which emails and text message evidence concerning last year's McLaren case were obtained, Max said this was irrelevant and the FIA was only interested in the evidence itself, not whether there was a breach of privacy in obtaining it.

Secondly, has anyone else noticed that this has emerged via the Murdoch empire just after the TV rights passed from ITV to BBC? Curious coincidence in the timing if you ask me...

The Kitchen Cynic, Birmingham,

Whatever the ins and outs of this saga, one fact is plainly clear. Mr Mosley is not a very nice person. Anyone who demeans Sir Jackie Stewart by publicly ridiculing one of motorsports greatest achievers and ambassadors is an imbecile.

Max tried driving. When he could not hack it, he went into team ownership. While March were undoubtably successful (thanks to Robin Herd and co), Mosely's 'leadership' and moral ineptitudes led to one of F1's most shameful tragedies. After Roger Williamson was killed at Zandvoort in '73, Max showed his true leadership qualities by walking away from the wreckage and instructing his mechanics to deal with the charred remains. Where others tried to help, Max turned his back. That is the true sickness of the man.

I trust Max will have time in his retirement to reflect upon his 'achievements'.

Andrew, Maidenhead,

"The fact that this arrogant English man is not deeply ashamed of himself for his perverted vices is sufficient proof that is persona is rotten to the core."

Too right, he brings shame not only on the FIA but Britain's image as a whole. He needs to find a large rock , crawl under it and never show his wretched face again.

Philip , Surrey,

"Who's worse - Mosley or British society"

Good question although the revulsion felt for Mosley at large makes me think Mosley is kinkier and probably has more right wing sympathies than the average Briton

Philip , Surrey,

Who's worse - Mosley or British society for accepting scum-bag journalists who secretly film people's private lives? What about a film of Peter Mandelson at it or Sir Elton John or Charles and Camila and their little friend or what about all of us accepting being filmed in the most private of times and having it put on the web? I am not saying that Mosley can stay on and I find his idea of entertainment un-appealing and he probably does have "issues" but remember he was doing it IN PRIVATE and the minute we start accepting that he was fair game then we are on a slippery slope. In fact we are already on one.

JO J, Praha, Czech Rep.

I think its a Mosley plot, If he gets away with it then next years rule changes will include: fire retardant gimp outfits for all pit crew, 15 lashes for speeding in the pit lane and the winner gets to spank the others on the podium!!! No wonder they want night races, adult only XXX F1 is on the way!!!!

clive edwards, addlestone,

When Mosley goes, I'm heading to Woking for the biggest party of the year!!

adrian, aldershot, England

I agree why should he go, he has done nothing wrong!!!!

Steve Williamson, Manchester, UK

"You must know the difference as you have your own private life.

Kormak, aqui, "

Some things are unacceptable in private the moment they become public. Given his family history, he was naive at best to get involved in these kind of shenanigans,

He has to go.

Alex, London,

This is about F1. I am sure I am not alone in thinking somebody into such gross and 'themed' peversion can't stay on. How can he command respect after his been pictured in chains???

Philip , Surrey,

There is nothing wrong with the old fogey getting his rumpy pumpy however he wants it,but becuase he was stupid enough to not sweep the dungeon for bugs and cameras.Equipments for this cost less than 200 pounds, and the countless examples of the press nailing people with hidden cameras.He deserves his disgrace and subsequent humiliation.He should admit as a man of honour that he did do what he was caught doing, make no apologies and decamp to some carribean island for a month or so while everyone simmers down, besides in another week or so, another scandal will have surfaced blowing off the pages. after a month the story wont sell more papers and he can be back in business. Much as life always allows. Word for the pervy amongst the rich and famous, emply professionals if you are not the pope.

Chunfla Burlbe, London,

Well past his sell-by date. As a patient once said to me - "Ken the trouble with him, doc - his glands are bigger than his heid!"

dr john, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ed please stop, this is not F1 just a private life.

You must know the difference as you have your own private life.

Kormak, aqui,

Mosley's arrogance knows no bounds. The man won't jump he has to pushed-and pushed now.

Derek Adams, Pattaya Beach, Thailand

Goodbye to Vodaphone and RBS sponsorship and hello Durex and Ann Summers. Max's legacy?

R Cooper, Ottawa, Canada

The fact that this arrogant English man is not deeply ashamed of himself for his perverted vices is sufficient proof that is persona is rotten to the core. Not only that but he has the repugnant audacity to pretend of having done nothing wrong by putting the blame and wrong doing on the actual messenger (NotW).This is more than enough to make him totally unfit to represent anybody but himself. Considering that his deviant life style is apparently of late date one wonders how he could have managed to reach such position of influence. Normally vices of the genre are visible on facial traits.

Carlo di Giorgio, Venice, Italy