It certainly is disturbing. It would seem that he is going to resist pressure to resign. I think he'll have to resign sooner rather than later as you can have no respect for a person in authority after an incident like this.

I'll be surprised if much has changed in the time between Malaysia and Bahrain. Most will wait for the Spanish Grand Prix but you never know. I would think Ferrari would have an advantage but it does seem that the Ferrari is better in the race then it is in qualifying.

McLaren have a bit of head scratching to do. They looked severely compromised in the traction areas and Hamilton sounded like he had gearbox issues in that troublesome first sector or at least poor acceleration.

Ferrari were particularly dominant and were the best car. BMW continues to surprise me with decent pace and with another tenth or two of pace, they could be a genuine threat for the rest of the year.

I would love to see the telemetry of Alonso's car. With the McLaren's poor traction, Alonso really should not have been that slow.

The field will probably shift around in Spain as most will have new parts and some will work and some won't. We'll have to wait and see.

Still, I like telemetry and would like a look. :)

The general consensus is that a bridge piece on Hamilton's wing broke causing a burst of acceleration. It certainly is feasible as I've seen it happen before.

I don't actually see Lauda's point. Hamilton won easily in Australia, the pit stop screwed any chances of a podium finish in Malaysia and despite a poor start in Bahrain, it was a front wing failure that ultimately ended his chance of points.

Binning the car in practice is nothing to be alarmed about. Michael Schumacher used to do it a lot to find the limit. The only sign that the pressure may be telling is the gesture to Fisichella when they were fighting for position in Bahrain.

The McLaren has not been the best car and with poor rear traction compared to the Ferrari and BMW, it is something that needs to be addressed quickly or they will find themselves even further back when they come to tracks that require good traction out of slow corners.

These FIA meetings have always been stupid amounts of time after the event. I think it has to be moved forward but I'm guessing Mosley hopes the pressure will be less by early June. If the meeting and vote gets moved forward, Mosley is certain to be gone in my opinion.

I was hoping to see the Aguri's get through this season at least. Oh well, it'll be a shame being down to 10 teams so early on, especially when Prodrive should be out there.

Sato passing Alonso was pretty much my favourite part of last season.

I see Mosley is yet again having a backhanded swipe at some of his least favourite teams.

He's suggested that he'll try to stay on for the rest of 2008 and retire in 2009, mostly because of the support from what he considers as the major voices of the teams in Formula 1.   "As far as the people in the sport are concerned, it's interesting that none of the heavyweights have said anything, the people who really are the opinion formers in Formula One."

Strange, then, that a fair few of the teams have backed plans for him to go.  It might explain things if you know that some of the people calling for him to make a fast exit are Maclaren and the British Racing Drivers Club (with Damon Hill at the helm) as well as ex-formula 1 drivers Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter and Mosley's favourite Jackie Stewart.  This is in addition to the largest car club in the world, the AAA ( Automobile Association of America).

Not that I'd read anything in to Ferrari being supportive, of course!

Also Porche and VW have refused to enter Formula 1, citing the sex scandal as one of the major reasons not to enter the sport at this time.

I haven't read about a great deal of support for Mosley. I think only the UAE have officially declared support for him. Ferrari have said very little about the whole affair. Whether they support him in secret, I don't know.

The fact that Mosley has said that just makes me want him out more. He is obviously playing favourites and trying to get the big guns on his side. Also, if there are opinion formers, that surely compromises his position. As long as Mosley and the 'opinion formers' agree, it would seem that the little guy doesn't get a voice.

Or perhaps I'm reading too much into it.

Anyway, looking forward to Spain to see how the teams shake out after the recent upgrades. I hope Super Aguri get out on the track. They are in Spain but may not be able to race.

Super Aguri have a reprieve and are racing in Spain but they are in big trouble. £50m in debt apparently and most of it is to Honda. Honda never wanted a B team and are no longer willing to attempt to fill the bottomless pit. Investment has to come or they are out. It could be the last race for Super Aguri.

Ferrari looks like they have a good deal of pace. It looked like a bit of heavier running in session 2 as times were way off session 1.

They didn't give a specific date for the debut of the car but Bourdais smashed it up on the first day of the last test session I think and they said the debut would be delayed.

Well, not the most surprising result ever. However, I was surprised at how Hamilton managed to stay relatively close to the Ferraris towards the end of the race. Maybe the safety car periods flatter the McLaren?

Definitely, and we don't want things to get all boring and Ferrari-dominated again!

It's officially over for Super Aguri then. A real shame as I like lots of cars.

This could be interesting ? : Here

Would be good for viewers if Ferarri faultered a bit more (before the inevitable come-back, of course!)

Urgh, I can't believe what happened to Sutil. He deserved that 4th place and he ends up with nothing thanks to Raikkonen, who was rubbish today.

Everything really played into Hamilton's hands with the dry line appearing and the switch to dry tyres at the right time.

It was a great shame, a truly brilliant performance in an utterly chaotic race. I've never actually seen a race put to the time limit instead of laps, come to think of it; I guess that's what you get with rain and Monaco, though!

So, the Mosley vote is tomorrow and it seems like it could go either way. Will he stay or will he go? If he goes, will the FIA flourish or suffer? If he stays, what impact will it have on motorsport?

Maybe I'm overdramitising it a bit... :)

The Americans and Germans seem especially upset by the whole affair, this could be quite a concern; less so in the case of the US, though, I'd imagine, as their main interests in motorsport are within domestic championships?

I reckon a lot more news and reaction is to come soon, after all the Canadian GP is this weekend.

Grandprix wrote:
> The FIA is also involved with the motor industry but we only
> really hear about them in motorsport.

I assume through crash tests etc?

> Talk today suggest that Mosley only really had support from
> about 5% of the member nations. The German and US make around 60%
> but they only had 1 vote each.

I guess that means it must have come down to funding, then. Maybe the only way he'll resign is bowing to pressure.