After a gripping Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday, the Formula One teams are nervously eyeing Monaco in 12 days' time, when Max Mosley, the disgraced FIA president, is hoping to make his return to the paddock.

Since the scandal broke over his appetite for alleged Nazi-inspired sadomasochistic bondage sessions with prostitutes, many senior figures in the paddock have admitted privately that they would like Mosley to resign, but few have had the courage to air their views publicly.

Now they are wondering how to avoid meeting Mosley or being photographed with him on the sport's most prestigious stage. The same concerns are afflicting senior corporate executives representing companies sponsoring Formula One teams, many of whom use the Monaco Grand Prix weekend for corporate entertaining.

One principal told The Times that his team will keep an eye on Mosley so they can avoid him and have even considered an informal scouting system around the Monte Carlo paddock to warn them of his presence. Another team source said almost all the teams were making preparations to avoid Mosley. The source, who added that “furtive conversations” on this issue between teams had taken place at Istanbul Park last weekend, said: “The safe majority of teams are considering what they should do about their important people in terms of interaction with the president of the FIA at Monaco.”

The clear majority of team managers are angry that Mosley has refused to resign for the good of the sport and is continuing to harm Formula One's image by fighting on. There are unsubstantiated rumours that the Monaco Royal Family are concerned about Mosley dominating coverage of Formula One's most glittering setting. Mosley was told by the Bahrain Royal household not to go to their race last month and he did not attend the Spanish Grand Prix for fear that he might embarrass King Juan Carlos.

The Times can reveal that, in Turkey, protocol officials from the office of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister, contacted Bernie Ecclestone's staff to make sure that Mosley was not going to appear without warning in the paddock when Erdogan made his formal visit on Sunday morning.

Richard Woods, Mosley's spindoctor, indicated at the weekend that the FIA president was planning to appear in Monte Carlo, where he has a home, regardless of the difficulties this may cause.