Ecclestone plays down talk of Mosley feud

May 22, 2008

As reported at Autosport.com, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes FIA president Max Mosley is using concerns about the future of the sport as a ’smokescreen’ to divert attention away from talk about his own position.

Mosley wrote to the presidents of national automobile clubs last week telling them that the FIA risked losing control of F1 if he was forced out of office at the June 3 General Assembly meeting.

He claimed that he was locked in hard negotiations with F1’s commercial rights holders, Bernie Ecclestone and financial backers CVC Capital Partners, to prevent the FIA losing control of F1’s regulations and a veto to any potential future sale.

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