Max Mosley is (as of July 2009) the president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body for Formula 1 racing and various other international motor-sports. Once a qualified barrister, Mosley turned his interest to car racing in the 1960s and in 1969 co-founded and co-owned F1 racing team March Engineering. In 1993 Mosley became president of the FIA, and has been an advocate for increased driver safety and the increased usage of ‘green’ technologies in racing. In 2008, Mosley was the subject of widespread controversy after unorthodox details of his sex life were published by the News of the World newspaper. On the 24th of June 2009, Mosley announced that he would not run for re-election as FIA president.
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Motor sport: Max Mosley has rejected a last-ditch bid by Formula One teams to solve the budget cap row and insists they must sign up for next season by Friday... more
Formula One: The Formula One legend finds it it inconceivable that the upcoming grand prix at Silverstone may be the last for some time in this country... more
Formula One: Max Mosley has softened his stance over the controversial budget cap by telling Formula One teams he will negotiate with them - providing they meet the deadline for entries for 2010... more
Formula one: The budget cap crisis in Formula One has deepened after FIA president Max Mosley admitted only three teams could meet the deadline for entries to be submitted for next year's world championship... more
Formula One: Renault have become the fifth team to announce they will not race in Formula One next season unless plans for the controversial budget cap are scrapped... more
Formula One: The sudden death of Alexander Mosley, son of FIA president Max Mosley, is set to affect a row over plans to impose a budget cap on Formula One... more
When the News of the World lost out to Max Mosley over his privacy action in July last year, its editor, Colin Myler, could hardly contain his anger... more
Max Molsey may have won in the High Court, but the revelations about his sex life will continue to cause him embarrassment in Formula One pit lanes... more
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Today's judgment in the privacy case brought by Max Mosley is being described by somelawyers as a landmark that will curb the freedom of the press... more
Mosley is the son of Sir Oswald Mosley, who was famous for founding the British Union of Fascists, and trying to keep Britain out of a war with Nazi Germany
Mosley lives in the Principality of Monaco with his wife Jean. The couple had two children, the elder of which, Alexander, was found dead in 2009 at the age of 39 as a result of cocaine intoxication
According to Mosley, part of his initial attraction to the world of racing was that unlike law, nobody connected his name with that of his controversial father, and so was able to interact with people without the same social stigma.
Mosley was educated at an early age in France, Germany and Britain, before attending university at Christ Church college, Oxford where he studied physics
In 2009, the new rules format set forth by the FIA was objected to by members of the Formula One Teams Association, and there were threats from some teams to break away and form an alternate Formula One series. This eventually led to Mosley agreeing not to run for re-election for the 2010 season, in order to maintain the unity of the sport
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