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Formula One dances to a different tune
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-15 10:12
Last week, International Automobile Federation (FIA)
president Max Mosley was portrayed in some quarters as Formula One's most hated
man -- dictatorial, high-handed and at odds with teams, drivers and
manufacturers.
In the aftermath of last month's U.S. Grand Prix tyre fiasco, there was talk
of race boycotts and of the manufacturers possibly speeding up their plans for a
rival series, being threatened from 2008.
A full-blown crisis was averted when the FIA stepped back from imposing
immediate sanctions on the seven Michelin teams, all of whom had failed to race
at Indianapolis because of concern about the safety of their tyres.
However, Minardi boss Paul Stoddart still called for Mosley's head and a
rumour went around, later denied, that the teams had decided to put up their own
candidate to try and unseat the Briton in the FIA's presidential election in
October.
"If F1 is to survive and thrive, it has to be without Mosley," Stoddart had
said.
DIFFERENT PICTURE
Since Silverstone, a different picture has emerged.
Renault's Flavio Briatore, in an interview with Germany's Welt am Sonntag
that was then published on the team website and e-mailed to reporters, praised
Mosley and poured cold water on suggestions of a future split.
"Max Mosley has done a very good job in recent years,"
declared Briatore.
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