Max Mosley Resignation
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Dear Mr. Mosley,
We, the undersigned, would like to register our utter disgust at the FIA for failing to deal sensibly with the crisis situation that arose during the weekend of the 2005 United States Grand Prix, and in the process ruining the enjoyment for millions of fans the world over. By refusing to accept the suggestions offered by the Michelin teams, as well as Jordan and Minardi, that would have allowed a full, 20 car race to go ahead, and by offering no suggestions of their own that weren't completely impractical and/or unsafe, the FIA left the seven Michelin teams with no choice but to pull out of the Grand Prix in order to avoid putting the lives of drivers and spectators at risk.
Considering that the FIA claims safety is its topmost priority, we, the undersigned, would like to register our absolute disbelief that the FIA would attempt to punish the seven Michelin teams for refusing to race in clearly unsafe circumstances. We would like to register even greater disbelief that the FIA would make the completely ludicrous suggestion that the drivers of the seven Michelin teams slow down around the final corner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. We know for a fact that the FIA realises the danger posed to other drivers by a competitor braking on an inappropriate part of the circuit, as demonstrated by the punishment given to Juan Pablo Montoya at this year's Monaco Grand Prix. Encouraging teams to engage in similarly unsafe behaviour, and threatening them with lawsuits for refusing to do so, is the height of hypocrisy.
Seeing that the 2005 United States Grand Prix eventually went ahead with only six cars competing, we can only assume that the FIA does not care in the slightest about the fans of the sport. Considering that the FIA is laying the blame for the fiasco on the teams, who could not possibly have raced under the circumstances, we are forced to conclude that the FIA, under current "leadership," is incapable of taking responsibility for its own actions. The fact that the FIA appears to be far more concerned about pedantically upholding regulations, that it itself has put in place, than fulfilling its obligations to the general public and to the sport's many sponsors demonstrates only that, under its current management, the FIA is unfit to govern Formula One. As a result, we call on you to resign immediately before even more damage is done to a once presigious sport.
We, the undersigned, would like to register our utter disgust at the FIA for failing to deal sensibly with the crisis situation that arose during the weekend of the 2005 United States Grand Prix, and in the process ruining the enjoyment for millions of fans the world over. By refusing to accept the suggestions offered by the Michelin teams, as well as Jordan and Minardi, that would have allowed a full, 20 car race to go ahead, and by offering no suggestions of their own that weren't completely impractical and/or unsafe, the FIA left the seven Michelin teams with no choice but to pull out of the Grand Prix in order to avoid putting the lives of drivers and spectators at risk.
Considering that the FIA claims safety is its topmost priority, we, the undersigned, would like to register our absolute disbelief that the FIA would attempt to punish the seven Michelin teams for refusing to race in clearly unsafe circumstances. We would like to register even greater disbelief that the FIA would make the completely ludicrous suggestion that the drivers of the seven Michelin teams slow down around the final corner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. We know for a fact that the FIA realises the danger posed to other drivers by a competitor braking on an inappropriate part of the circuit, as demonstrated by the punishment given to Juan Pablo Montoya at this year's Monaco Grand Prix. Encouraging teams to engage in similarly unsafe behaviour, and threatening them with lawsuits for refusing to do so, is the height of hypocrisy.
Seeing that the 2005 United States Grand Prix eventually went ahead with only six cars competing, we can only assume that the FIA does not care in the slightest about the fans of the sport. Considering that the FIA is laying the blame for the fiasco on the teams, who could not possibly have raced under the circumstances, we are forced to conclude that the FIA, under current "leadership," is incapable of taking responsibility for its own actions. The fact that the FIA appears to be far more concerned about pedantically upholding regulations, that it itself has put in place, than fulfilling its obligations to the general public and to the sport's many sponsors demonstrates only that, under its current management, the FIA is unfit to govern Formula One. As a result, we call on you to resign immediately before even more damage is done to a once presigious sport.
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Eddie Hannah
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- Bring on the GPWC the fia's handeling of this was laughable
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Manos
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- Please, try to respect the fans that drive this sport. Your handling in the Indianapolis case was laughable.
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Martin
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- The petty-minded and biased way you attemtped to deal with this situation was a shambles. 200,000 peopel hav been denied a show because of your refusal to compromise for the good of the sport. Offering refunds might repair the dam,age, but otehrwise you've probably destroyed the sport.
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Michelin Sucks
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- Dont blame the FIA blame Michelin for not accepting a reasonable request.
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Michelin Sucks
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- Michelin stop throwing the blame around
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Ben Cattanach
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- It is disgusting what has come about and regardless of what michelin did, the FIA were the ones who caused this massive disaster and some heads should start rolling, especially max's. Utter;y disgraceful!
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Bradesmaen
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- F1 = Racing not politics.
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Thomas Massengale
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Chicanes are more impractical
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- Chicanes are far more impractical than FIA's suggestions
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Herman van Dyk
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- If the FIA continues with a law suit against the seven Michelin teams, we, the F1 fans (and ultimately the people who pay for F1) will no longer support Formula One nor any other FIA sanctioned event. The FIA's primary responsibility is safety.......clearly the FIA did not fulfill its primary duty and is therefore incompetent to govern World Motor Sport!
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Khoo
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- FIA is incapable of making the right decision. It should start the 20cars race or stop the 20 cars race, not in between.
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Chris Allen
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- You should have retired last year as promised
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Alex Stockx
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- FIA is to Blame shame on them
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Simon Reedman
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- I totally agree
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Cristiano Puglisi
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- You have not been able to make a rule for testing and Ferrari is testing no limits as a result getting an unfair advantage and you sided with Ferrari also at Indy and it is your fault the race has had just 6 cars!I'm sick of this stuff if you want to be a president,be a president of Ferrari cause you love it so much that you are letting us sicked of seeing red cars winning every year stop with this boring and unfair situation!
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Jenny Swann
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- Death to Max & the FIA!!!
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graham dugas
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- I will not mourn in the least when I read Max's obituary. I am 45 yrs. old and look forward to that day presuming that God grants me many more years. Max, you suck, and your sucking has adversely affected too many people. RESIGN now!
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Paul Gilmartin
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- What would the situation have been if Bridgestone had not had prior knowledge of the problems with the new surface from Firestone? I suspect a solution would've been found to the unforeseen problems that Firestone and Goodyear originally encountered in testing.
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wendy welch
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- I want some sort of refund or will not renew
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Stelios De Costa
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- If the FIA and Max continue with this line of attack on the teams, and stop licking the buttocks of Ferrari I will burn all of my F1 stuff and never never ever watch a GP again, leave the teams alone, you are at fault.!!
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Wes
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Bruce Tollefson
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- I agree totally
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Allan Ng
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- The FIA only cares about protecting its own power and authority in F1 and not care about the motorsport fans.
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John Crellin
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- There is a lot of technical obfiuscation coming out of Mosely - either through ignorance (probable) or silly politics
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Craig Devlin
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- В
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Andrew James
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- Terrible that what was going to be a great race was destroyed, your a wanker
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Walter Gomez
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- Max Moslye head out or We'll support GPWC
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Robert Huntley
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- FIA failed the fans by not finding a solution
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Sara Fletcher
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- The farce could and should have been prevented, all it needed was cooperation!
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Gavin James Dunbar (aka Mr Formula One)
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- Bloody GO and get out and do not dare to come back
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Dave Andrews
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Mark Wallace
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YAN ZHOU
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- no fans, no game !!!
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Chris Malcolm
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Tom Stoten
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Gert Jansen
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Gunnar Jones
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- FIA doesn't care about the fans
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ian loughborough
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Rob Sinclair
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Andrew Charles
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- Motorsport is part of my job and my hoby. What happened at the US GP nearly had me in tears.
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Brian Carter
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- Deal with situations like adults. Stop pointing fingers. In the future, when significant changes are made to tracks, the teams should be able to test prior to a race to insure the safety of the drivers as well as the spectators.
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Jerry Bruce
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- I've been an F1 fan for 40 years - not any more.
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Harish
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- Mr.Mosley you and your people have sold yourself to Ferrari .....Thats why you hate to listen to other teams.Hope you get sued and learn a lesson.I just hate your face.
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Rob Trebble
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Eric Inman Daum
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- A thoroughly resolvable solution was read.ly available. The failure to be flexible and adjust the rules by fiat shows an utter disregard for the fans who ultimately make the sport financially viable. Our patience is being stretched to the the breaking point
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Matthew Hartka
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- It's time to think about the sport and not just your own ego. Why don't you try real politics?
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Ben Parker
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- I am absolutly disgusted at the FIA's inablity to come up with a solution to Sunday's problems. Then to blame the teams, is an act of huge selfishness and a refusal to even except part of the blame is plain stupid.
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Andy Griffiths
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- it was a complete farce
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Alex Scagell
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Eric Lavictiore
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- This is for the best.
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