Schumacher Dominance Not Bad for F1, Says Mosley

FIA president Max Mosley on Friday hailed the achievements of Michael Schumacher and denied the Ferrari driver's success on the track has damaged Formula One.

Schumacher has made the sport his own over the past four years, winning successive titles to take his career total to a record six World Championships, while his Ferrari team have been constructors' champions for the past five seasons.

But Mosley denied his success has had a detrimental effect on Formula One, and said it has been a lack of overtaking and action throughout the field that has affected the popularity of the Championship.

"I don't think Michael's domination has hurt the sport because this happens in many sports - you get a supremely gifted performer in the right team and they win everything," Mosley said today.

"Even in things where the man is on his own - like heavyweight boxing - you get eras where there is just nobody that can challenge the person for a number of years, and I think that is part of sport.

"I think what hurts Formula One is the fact that even down the field the actual racing is often not as good as we would like. On some of the new circuits, which are more suitable for overtaking, then it works better.

"But we need to change the cars, and then we will get better racing. Michael? They have just done a brilliant job and when people do a brilliant job they deserve to be successful - it is just that simple, really, in my view."