Max Mosley, the former champion and president motorsports world governing body the FIA has died at age 81 on May 23, 2021.
Mosley became FIA president in 1993 after serving in previous administrative roles in motorsport including within Formula 1 he served three terms as president before standing down in 2009.
His death has confirmed on Tuesday by former Formula 1 president Bernie Ecclestone who has said Moesley was like family.
“Max was family to me. We were like brothers. I’m pleased on the one hand because he was suffering for too long,” Bernie said.
Mosley, born in London on April 13, 1940, before becoming president of the FIA he was a driver for the Brabham Formula 2 team, co-founder and team leader.
During his tenure in the FIA, the death of Brazilian Ayrton Senna occurred in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, which led to a reform of circuit safety policies.
Mosley’s time in Formula 1 leaves him as one of the main drivers of the safety that prevails in this championship, directing changes such as the improvement of crash tests or the introduction of the HANS.
It also starred in controversies such as the 2005 United States Grand Prix , where all the cars with Michelin tires were withdrawn. He was also the protagonist of the spying scandal at McLaren in 2007.
Mosley won a court case against a British newspaper which had reported his involvement in a sex act involving five women, on the grounds that it had breached his privacy.
It was announced in 2020 that the court had rejected Mosley’s legal action against the publisher of the Daily Mail for sending a dossier which suggested that he had lied under oath, to prosecutors.
