Gracia: Mosley 'mad' to back Todt

Eurosport - Wed, 01 Jul 16:43:00 2009

The president of the Spanish motor racing federation has suggested that Max Mosley will only be replaced by Jean Todt as FIA president if Mosley "has gone even more mad".

FORMULA 1 2007 Season 2007 Carlos Gracia President Spanish Motoring Association - 0

Carlos Gracia, who is a member of the FIA's world motorsport council, has responded to the widely-held paddock view that Mosley has his sights set on Todt one day assuming his responsibilities - whether that day be this October, when he has vowed to step down and relinquish the reins, or four years or more later still.

It is believed that the three most likely options are either for Mosley to remain in the position for a fifth consecutive term - against the teams' wishes - or for erstwhile McLaren chief Ron Dennis or Ferrari counterpart Todt to take over.

Dennis is unlikely to receive Mosley's support given the well-publicised mutual antipathy between the pair that some argue culminated in the sporting record $100 million fine levied at the Woking-based outfit for 2007's infamous espionage scandal, whilst Todt would in all probability not be a popular choice given accusations in some quarters that the governing body is already biased towards the Scuderia.

"Unless Max has gone even more mad, I don't think he'll back Jean Todt because we all know where he comes from and who he's linked to," Gracia told Spanish radio station Onda Cero.

Long an ally of Mosley's, Gracia has not discounted putting forward his own candidature either, but he warned that the Formula One Teams' Association and its president Luca di Montezemolo are playing a dangerous game in risking further antagonising the Englishman before he has even left his post.

Late last week, in a blow to the recently-concluded peace deal that looked to have saved the sport from collapse, Mosley demanded an apology from the Ferrari president for 'dancing on his grave before he was buried'.

"What Luca di Montezemolo has done shows a total lack of respect to the FIA and the World Council," Gracia opined. "I don't support Max Mosley to the death, but what I am totally in favour of, to the death, is respect for our institutions.

"It wouldn't surprise me if Max Mosley runs for re-election. The worst thing you can do is leave an animal badly wounded. What Luca has managed to do is re-activate Max."

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  1. sorry,the last bit was ar se hole. which is you harley.

    From , on Wed 1 Jul 9:44PM

  2. yesicanread,unlikeyoufaggotamericans,nowgetbacktolickin­ gfranciss'sarsehole.@#$%

    From , on Wed 1 Jul 9:37PM
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    harleydonkeyarseboyfreakgirlfaggayjurkoffhopeucanreadth­ is.

    From harleyboy, on Wed 1 Jul 9:09PM

  4. I though they might ask Jackie Stewart but I guess they­ both hate him too.

    From Tempoe, on Wed 1 Jul 8:31PM

  5. Ape. You bore me

    From Donald D, on Wed 1 Jul 8:25PM

  6. It doesn't matter, who said what. Mosley will find­ any excuse, to get itself re-elected. The man is just­ a liar.

    From paul t, on Wed 1 Jul 7:55PM

  7. Why look , its the dynamic duo, Harley n Fran. The­ Star Spangled Spanners.

    From brucef1lee, on Wed 1 Jul 7:41PM
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    The Quandts, the documentary asserted, had close ties­ to high Nazi party officials. Adolf Hitler himself­ acted as witness to the second marriage ceremony of­ family patriach Gunther Quandt's first wife Magda­ to Nazi propoganda mastermind Joseph Goebbels, and the­ infamous couple raised Gunther's son Harald. The­ Quandts, according to the research, used the wealth­ amassed from the suffering of victims of the Nazi­ regime fifteen years after the war to buy BMW, and­ continues to hold 47% stake in the automaking­ conglomorate

    From Ape, on Wed 1 Jul 7:35PM
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    Filed under: Government/Legal, BMW,­ Earnings/Financials

    Documentary implicates BMW's­ controlling shareholders in War Crimes
    by Noah Joseph­ on Oct 25th 2007 at 7:01PM

    The film included­ testimonies from survivors who attested to the subhuman­ working and living conditions, as well as from former­ Nuremberg war-crimes prosecutors who asserted that,­ based on the evidence previously hidden by the Quandts­ and now revealed, the family would have been convicted­ of war crimes.

    From Ape, on Wed 1 Jul 7:30PM

  10. What Luca di Montezemolo has done shows a total lack of­ respect to the FIA.
    All respect for the F.I.A. went out­ of the window when they re-elected the perv as­ president.

    From ribohn, on Wed 1 Jul 7:18PM
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    Francis S. my friend, thank you, BUT, no thanks. We are­ always in enough trouble as is, without getting into­ more. But, we enjoy all these idiots on these threads.­ And I am not in favor of an American FI team, I could­ care less. Besides I dislike the team principal, I­ didn't like him as a biased anouncer on speed­ channel. I bleed RED, FERRARI, RED. Now, you on the­ other hand would be a great President!!!!!!

    From harleyboy, on Wed 1 Jul 6:53PM
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    BMW must leave F1. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    49%­ of the shares is financed by bloodmoney from warcrimes­ of the famile Quandt.
    ­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Ape, on Wed 1 Jul 6:43PM

  13. it amazes me how they are able to keep there chins­ clean whilst spouting mountains of verbal @#$%

    From Chris W, on Wed 1 Jul 6:35PM

  14. agree with #4, the breakaway championship is on the­ way, the sooner the better.

    From ken, on Wed 1 Jul 6:29PM
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    well i'm sure some of you don't take me too­ serious but i still think harley boy is the right man­ for prezzz. he might be a bit bias towards usf1 but if­ you think that wat than the fia need to get some one­ from Israel. they dont have any drivers or teams in f1­ and we do use their gas so maybe we could get a better­ deal on fuel .heres to harley boy . a man of honour,­ dignity ,truth an honesty . when i look at harley boy i­ see Lady Liberty except with whiskers. carry the torch­ harley boy . carry the torch.

    beside all that his aunt­ jenny makes a great apple pie. definate a true red­ white and blue man. god bless america

    From Francis S, on Wed 1 Jul 5:25PM

  16. No to Carlos Gracia, he looks as corrupt as Mosley. I­ would not be suprise if he was link to Franco the Nazi,­ it's seem to be head of FIA, you have to have links­ with some Nazi leader. Carlos will be so bias toward­ Alonso. I can see a breakway championship coming 2010.­ I am sick of the FIA.

    From , on Wed 1 Jul 5:02PM

  17. Humm... a re-activated wounded animal... Mr. Gracia,­ are you talking about 'mad' as: 'brainsick,­ crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, sick,­ unbalanced, unhinged, insane, affected with madness or­ insanity; "a man who had gone mad", very­ foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took­ insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely­ mad scheme to build a bridge between two­ mountains", harebrained'? Or 'huffy, sore,­ angry, roused to anger'? Or both? Humm, and his­ comes from a 'Long an ally of Mosley's'...

    From fj_hc, on Wed 1 Jul 4:42PM

  18. This "sport" sic, is run by egomaniacs. F1­ has nothing to do with racing anymore. I wouldn't­ be surprised if the 2009 championship wasn't­ decided in court.

    From The Wise One, on Wed 1 Jul 4:32PM

  19. Putain.....Re-activate!?
    Set of jumpleads plugged into­ the mains then!

    From justblowinoffsteam., on Wed 1 Jul 4:12PM
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