Max Mosley
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Sep 20, 2026
Alex Van GenePANELIST
That's why I've said before, which is if the cost cap is achievable by every single team, which you told me today actually it's not, or at least close to, the regulation should be more open rather than more contracted.
Matthew SomerfieldGUEST
Yeah, well, I know he's obviously got his detractors, but there was one thing that Max Mosley discussed when there was the war with the teams back in around 2009, I think it was, where there were two sets of regulations being proposed.
Matthew SomerfieldGUEST
And if you met the criteria of the cost cap within the one set of regulations, you had a huge amount more freedom.
Matthew SomerfieldGUEST
And parametric regulations like that, Matt, have had discussions about in the past.
Edd StrawHOST
And it reminds me, actually, of how they used to do this, because everybody remembers the rules that they had, which was you can't under the older engine freezers, you can't change anything except for reasons of cost, reliability or safety.
Edd StrawHOST
But there was also a phrase in that clause that said in normal circumstances, and this was classic Max Mosley terminology, because you can use that to define unusual circumstances.
Edd StrawHOST
And that's why occasionally they could let people do a little bit to catch up and that kind of thing.
Edd StrawHOST
And I was thinking of that because it sums up a lot of what's going on here.
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Glenn FreemanGUEST
That's the FIA's job.
Glenn FreemanGUEST
And that caught my attention.
Glenn FreemanGUEST
And then combined with the question you're asking me here, it feels like things have flipped from the past because I feel like 20, 25 years ago in the Bernie Eccleston, Max Mosley era, in this situation, what Ben Salaim has said there sounds like the sort of thing you'd heard from Bernie.
Glenn FreemanGUEST
Bernie would go, we've got this great driver.
Jon RonsonGUEST
it destroyed them.
Jon RonsonGUEST
With one exception in that book, Max Mosley.
Matt WilliamsHOST
Oh, yes [laughs]
Jon RonsonGUEST
Yeah.
Matt WilliamsHOST
Yes.
Jon RonsonGUEST
So Max Mosley was, for people who don't remember, this, it was the son of Oswald Mosley, the fascist leader.
Jon RonsonGUEST
But Max had a better life.
Jon RonsonGUEST
He got involved in car safety, campaign for seat belts in Formula One, whatever.
Spanners ReadyHOST
Well, why? What is the pressure? What do aerodynamicists have on Bernie Eccleston, who was running CBC, who was in charge of everyone at the time? Do they have incriminating photos? There's a union of aerodynamicists that are like, if you get rid of aerodynamics, we're going to show the photos.
Spanners ReadyHOST
We're going to Max Mosley you, and we'll do it at any time.
Spanners ReadyHOST
Kids, ask your uncle about max motion.
Spanners ReadyHOST
So F1 just went in this way where aero became more and more dominant.
CameronHOST
Mate, he was out the gate, he was nobbling, he was loving life, he was loving life in China and then all of a sudden the setup started to change and then the racing gods turned their back on him a little bit.
CameronHOST
Ever since, I keep hearing George Russell complain, get to Miami and oh, the car doesn't work and oh, the setup's not good and oh, the rules and regs, you only just got to look at Max to understand what I'm talking about because Lawson is a lot closer to him than he would have been last year and I like my...
CameronHOST
I like my stability at the rear.
CameronHOST
I'm smooth, but aggressive, which means that I get all of my advantage from getting on the accelerator early on the exit of the corner and through corner balance.
CameronHOST
It was Bridgestone and Michelin.
CameronHOST
Tire war, Michelin worked away because it got a bit techy.
CameronHOST
You remember the US Grand Prix when they said, well, you know what, Max Mosley, Bernie, you're going to make some concessions.
CameronHOST
No, we're not making some concessions as far as these bank turns.
Nasser HameedCORRESPONDENT
And as Mr. Rogers mentioned, we have an interview coming up with both Martin and his son Alex after the Mundial.
Nasser HameedCORRESPONDENT
Formula 2 seats are being filled fast for the maiden season of Max Mosley's brainchild.
Nasser HameedCORRESPONDENT
Andy Suchek of Spain has also signed up along with Alex Prundle and Henry Surtees.
Nasser HameedCORRESPONDENT
both second-generation drivers, they were going to have like 24 seats, and I think only like six or eight are available now.
Steve FahlHOST
$400,000.
Steve FahlHOST
Not much front-loading.
Nasser HameedCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, and everybody was saying this cannot be done, but Max Mosley has pulled it off.
Nasser HameedCORRESPONDENT
And, you know, all credit to him.
Jon RonsonGUEST
... people were sort of, um, putting their toe in the water of unashamedness.
Jon RonsonGUEST
Max Mosley, it's an incredible story.
Nick GillespieHOST
Mm.
Jon RonsonGUEST
I don't know if I've got time to, to tell it.
Nick GillespieHOST
Please.
Jon RonsonGUEST
Okay.
Jon RonsonGUEST
So Max Mosley's in my Public Shaming book.
Nick GillespieHOST
Yes.
CameronHOST
There was no politicking.
CameronHOST
There was nothing that he could take to Max Mosley to bribe Ron Dennis.
CameronHOST
We've ultimately all faded to black because Sir Lewis Hamilton was just too bloody quick.
CameronHOST
Tell me how Kimi Antonelli is different in 2026.
Gary WatkinsGUEST
The other big players are people our listeners would most definitely have heard of.
Gary WatkinsGUEST
The first, of course, is Max Mosley, FIA president at the time.
Gary WatkinsGUEST
He was highly supportive of GT3.
Gary WatkinsGUEST
The second person, also household name is not the right term, but also someone who's sadly left us much more recently than Mosley, is Peter Wright.
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Gary WatkinsGUEST
And Stefan really didn't want that car in his championship.
Gary WatkinsGUEST
but obviously it was an FIA championship.
Gary WatkinsGUEST
And Max Mosley said, Sodom, they can come, but if they come, we will make sure that they don't dominate.
Gary WatkinsGUEST
And that's how the balance of performance was born.
Katie HerzogHOST
I want to go back to Shames just for a moment.
Katie HerzogHOST
So you write in that book about the case of Max Mosley.
Katie HerzogHOST
So this is someone who thrived despite public humiliation.
Katie HerzogHOST
So tell us this story.
Jon RonsonGUEST
Yeah, I really love this story.
Jon RonsonGUEST
And in fact, when Shames came out, it was the Justine Sacco AIDS tweet story that everybody was focused on.
Jon RonsonGUEST
But I always loved Max Mosley.
Jon RonsonGUEST
Go on.
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