Mosley ponders future as FIA chief
Max Mosley has revealed he will not carry on as president of motor sport’s world governing body, the FIA, if he feels he is getting too old for the job.
The 63-year-old’s latest term of office ends in 2005 and he said on a visit to the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola that he has not decided yet whether he will stand for another term.
“It is too early to say,” said Mosley, who became president of FIA’s predecessor, FISA, in 1991.
“I think the thing is if you have one of these positions in sport, and of course sport is only part of FIA, the great danger is staying too long.
“One has seen one or two examples of that in sporting bodies when people get into the position and stay too long.
“I would be conscious of the danger of staying too long and I certainly wouldn’t go on unless I got an indication of an overwhelming high proportion of people wanting me to stay and not just out of politeness.
“It is a bit too early for that because there is another two-and-a-half years to run.
“I don’t rule it out but also I’ve always felt if one is old enough to be the father of the people driving that is acceptable, when you get old enough to be the grandfather you have got to start thinking about it and that is not such a long way off.”
But with no successor on the horizon and with the threat of a breakaway series to Formula One in 2008, it is unlikely Mosley would want to leave with major issues still to be resolved.
