Jun.4 (GMM) The English speaking press delivered a foreboding message, after scandal gripped Max Mosley was confirmed as FIA president in Tuesday's Paris confidence vote.
"Mosley wins vote but will he really be able to lead a fragmented FIA?" the New York Times-owned international 'IHT' newspaper wondered, as the fallout of the continuing turmoil emerged.Britain's The Times, which like the notorious News of the World tabloid is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, agreed that the 68-year-old Briton may have seemingly survived the sadomasochistic sex-triggered humiliation but he is "not out of trouble yet".Another Times Online headline predicts a "bumpy road ahead for FIA with divisive figure at the wheel".On the slightly lighter side, the online version of Management Today magazine likened Mosley's clinging to power as "taking self-preservation to the Max", while time.com said the vote's 103:55 result would be "enough to make (shamed former New York governor) Eliot Spitzer green with envy".In the Italian tongue, La Gazzetta dello Sport revealed that its native Italy bucked the trend of other major automobile clubs and voted to retain Mosley, who the sports daily described as a "perfect leader" who was able to save himself "despite the sharp polemic".Corriere dello Sport, another Italian sports daily, also noted Mosley's political victory but said as a result the automotive and motor racing governing body may have sped "to the edge of a devastating split".
