LONDON — Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone denied any involvement in exposing the sex scandal which almost toppled FIA president Max Mosley.
“It is nothing in the world to do with me in any shape or form,” Ecclestone was quoted as saying Tuesday in an interview with The Times of London. “There is no way in the world that I would want to destroy Max.”
Ecclestone has been in talks to re-negotiate the Concorde Agreement between the F1 teams, his Formula One Management company and the FIA, which has governed the sport for its 58-year history.
The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council meets in Paris on Wednesday and will reportedly discuss Mosley’s proposal to change how the sport shares its revenues. Both Mosley and Ecclestone will attend the meeting.
Ecclestone has been frustrated by Mosley’s attempts to increase the FIA’s influence and his determination to remain in office in the wake of the scandal.
Mosley was exposed in a British tabloid for taking part in sex acts with prostitutes that involved alleged Nazi role-playing. Mosley, who is suing The News of the World newspaper in British and French courts, admits hiring the prostitutes but denies there were any Nazi connotations.
Mosley survived a vote of confidence at a general meeting of FIA members in Paris earlier this month.
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