Mosley may run for another 4-year term

UPDATE Despite the sadistic sex scandal that surrounded Max Mosley a year ago, the president of the FIA, hinted yesterday that he may stand for re-election for a further four years when his term as president expires in October. Mosley said that many FIA members had suggested to him that they want him to continue.

Asked if he was tempted to run again at a press conference Wednesday, Mosley said: “Yes. If a lot of people say to you, ‘You should stay,’ it’s churlish in a way not to. People have indicated they want to go on with the status quo and that is pretty widespread. That is nice and flattering, but I’ve got to ask myself if that’s what I really want to do."

12/24/08 Max Mosley has warned the candidates lining up to succeed him as FIA president to "think very carefully" before standing for election, after revealing he will wait until June before making a final decision on his retirement from the post he has held for the past 15 years.

The president of motorsport's governing body had said he planned to step down when his term ends next October, but has now confirmed that some members of the governing body have asked him to remain for another four-year term.

Mosley says he will make a definite decision on his future in the middle of 2009. "I will take a final decision in June," the president told formula1.com, opening up the possibility that he may continue.

Outlining the qualities his successor required, Mosley said: "A great deal of patience and ideally an ability to understand quickly a great variety of technical and legal issues. I would advise a potential successor to think very carefully before standing for election."

He added: "The difficulty is finding somebody who has the necessary experience, but also the time and inclination to do the job. [Take for example] Nick Craw, the president of ACCUS [Automobile Competition Committee for the United States], which controls all the different forms of racing in the States. With all this to contend with, he is probably not exactly looking for work." The Guardian