Mr Mosleys private life was his own. Now it isn't. I feel very sorry for him in this respect, and all power to him in his bid to make the perpetrators of the publication of this very private side of his life suffer greatly.
I like motorsport, especially F1 and BTCC. I have bias and personal preference myself regarding some of the participants, in F1 especially.
I really do not like Michael Schumacher. It's a personal thing, mostly to do with his unsporting methods. I have great respect for him as a driver and a philanthropist, none whatsoever as a sportsman. I have a very big problem with the attitude that Ferrari had during Schmachers time there of "win at any cost...no, I mean ANY cost, fuck the sport, fuck the fans, it's simple...win, it's all that matters." That, more than anything, stopped me from enjoying watching Formula 1.
I think that many of the things that the FIA under Mr Mosley has done to Formula 1 have degraded the sporting spectacle, been biased toward or against a single competitor (some things in favour of Ferrari, some things against Michael Schumacher). Even though I hate Michael Schumacher, I still didn't agree with the things that the FIA did in an attempt to counter his dominance.
Other things are just plain incomprehensible - like the strange ritual we see every week for qualification. I have tried to understand what it's all about, but I can't be bothered. It really should be simple. Put the driver in the same car they will use for the race with no fuel or tyre restrictions and let them thrash it out for fifteen to twenty minutes. There should be three rules.
1. Don't block other drivers who are on a fast run when you are not.
2. Obey flags, traffic lights and the pit lane speed limit
3. Fastest driver gets pole.
It's not rocket science.
Now we have some odd restrictions coming into play regarding things like the move toward energy recovery in an attempt to address green issues. Why restrict the amount of energy a team is allowed to recover? Surely the idea is to allow innovation and push the technologies. If a team can recover more energy, good for them.
Restrictions are just a reason for teams to spend more money trying to find the ambiguities inherent in the regulation, and therefore to find ways round them.
Anyway, back to Mr Mosley.
His private life was his own. Now it is not. How it stopped being private and became public is an issue for the courts, and I hope Mosley prevails against the NOTW.
I do think, however, that he should step aside. The FIA and motor-sport in general does not deserve to be associated with, and especially does not deserve to be represented by a person who has had this level of embarrassment in the public eye. Part of his job is to represent motor-sport, drivers and driving associations from all over the world at the highest levels of politics, business and media. This has compromised his ability to do that. Motor-sport deserves better.
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A favourite part of my formative years was the "play what I wrote" on the Morcambe and Wise show. I hope I'll be able to stand in their shadow - way back in their shadow.
Not that I'll manage to be amusing, nor will anything I scrawl here be as well crafted. But I'll be happy if I manage to ignore my own social programming and allow a little of their anarchy, irreverance, intelligence, wit and humour to make their way onto these pages. I doubt it will happen, but I can dream.
