Ecclestone: Mosley should still resign
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone maintains that Max Mosley should step down from his position as FIA president, despite winning a vote of confidence this week
Ecclestone was not surprised to see Mosley win the vote but believes he should resign in the best interests of the FIA.
"Max should stand down in November," Ecclestone told The Independent newspaper. "For me it's a difficult situation because I run the Formula One Group of companies, and the teams - the manufacturers - are violently opposed to him.
"I knew he would win (the vote), there was no way he could lose. But I still don't think it's good for him, or for the FIA, to be honest. He said he wanted to finish at the end of 2007, and then the end of this year, before all this happened.
"What highlights the problem he may still face is what happened in Monaco. Prince Albert made it very clear that he did not want him on the grid, and that he would have security around him so that if Max did appear they could not be seen together."
But Ecclestone thinks Mosley will attempt to stay in power for as long as he can.
"I've always said that Max will be the president until he dies," he added. "What many people don't understand is that he enjoys confrontation. He likes argument, these things stimulate him."
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