According to the News of the World the Pope WILL get to vote on the issue as the Vatican is a member of the FIA!
Now let's see, the Pope is German and was in the Hitler Youth and represents the views of the entire Catholic Chuch. Good job it is going to be a secret ballot!
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So the chance of UAE getting an F1 grad prix greatly improoved ?
Abu Dhabi, one of the seven Emirates that make up the UAE (United Arab Emirates) already has a F-1 Grand Prix starting in 2009. Abt Dhabi is the largest, Dubai the best known.
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Kirill,
According to the News of the World the Pope WILL get to vote on the issue as the Vatican is a member of the FIA!
Now let's see, the Pope is German and was in the Hitler Youth and represents the views of the entire Catholic Chuch. Good job it is going to be a secret ballot!
BTW, A little known and non published fact: The 'Hugo Boss' fashion conglomerate made all SS uniforms during the time of the Hitler regime.
We can only hope that both, Hitler and Stalin still fight over the temperature in the eternal damnation of hell.
Cheers
Abu Dhabi, one of the seven Emirates that make up the UAE (United Arab Emirates) already has a F-1 Grand Prix starting in 2009. Abt Dhabi is the largest, Dubai the best known.
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Abu Dabai can only support so much, 222 voting on this issue and how many could they influence maybe 20% if that much, probably more like 5%, Max is out, the FIA organization is not going to let him stick around. Although I am not disgusted by this action of his, I am sure there are some in other countries that are repulsed at it.
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Mosley orgy deters Germans from F1
Mosley orgy deters Germans from F1
Eurosport - Fri, 18 Apr 14:57:00 2008
Car makers Porsche and Volkswagen have ruled out entering Formula One, saying high costs and a sex scandal involving motorsport chief Max Mosley made the sport unattractive to them.
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"300 million euros a year -- that is just burning money," Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech said.
"And after the affair with Max Mosley and the women it would not be very savoury to get involved (in Formula One) now," added his Porsche counterpart Wolfgang Porsche.
Porsche are in the process of acquiring a majority shareholding in Volkswagen and both German companies have been seen as potential Formula One entrants in the past.
Photographs and a video of Mosley involved in what British Sunday newspaper News of the World described as a Nazi-style orgy with prostitutes have led to strong criticism of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) boss, particularly in Germany.
German Formula One car makers BMW and Mercedes, which owns 40 percent of McLaren, issued a joint statement this month questioning the 68-year-old Englishman's future at the helm of the sport's governing body.
Mosley has denied any Nazi connotations and is claiming unlimited damages against the News of the World. He has resisted calls to resign.
The Briton has also filed legal action in Paris to prevent the News of the World video being accessed from France via the Internet.
Judicial sources said on Friday that a ruling was expected on April 29 after the French judge considered the request.
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Everyone is entitled to a little hobby, poor mis understood Max, haha.
BTW. Ex Volkswagen CEO Ferdinand Piech owns 17% of Porsche. He is the Company founders grandson. As
He is regarded as one of the most brilliant guys in the automobile industry, and the brain behind the Porsche 907/8 project, the quattro when he ran Audi, and the Bugatti Veyron.
According to the Porsche company bylaws, he is like all members of the Porsche family prohibited from the management of the family business.
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Everyone is entitled to a little hobby, poor mis understood Max, haha.
BTW. Ex Volkswagen CEO Ferdinand Piech owns 17% of Porsche. He is the Company founders grandson. As
He is regarded as one of the most brilliant guys in the automobile industry, and the brain behind the Porsche 907/8 project, the quattro when he ran Audi, and the Bugatti Veyron.
According to the Porsche company bylaws, he is like all members of the Porsche family prohibited from the management of the family business.
WOuldn't mind seeng what his private garage holds........
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