Mosley plays down F1 return 01/11/2010 |
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Max Mosley, the former president of motorsport's governing body the FIA, has ruled out a return to Formula 1.
Mosley stepped down in 2009 as part of a peace deal to end the threat of a breakaway championship by F1 teams.
The sport’s commercial rights chief Bernie Ecclestone said last week that he did not want Mosley to go and “it would be nice to have him back”.
But Mosley responded: "I think my F1 days are finished and I've moved on to other things. One should never go back."
Asked further about speculation that he was considering returning to motorsport, Mosley told BBC Radio 5 Live: "It's completely a rumour. I follow it vaguely at a distance. I'm really now just an ordinary fan. I watch it on the television, but it's no longer my responsibility.
"It's a nice idea and very friendly to say 'come back' but the truth of the matter is it wouldn't be the right thing to do."
Former Ferrari team boss Jean Todt was elected Mosley's successor by the World Motor Sport Council last October, and Ecclestone had suggested a possible future for the sport in which both men played a part.
"I suppose we could go back and Max could be president of the FIA and Jean could be president of FISA [Federation Internationale du Sport Automobile], running the sporting side," said Ecclestone.
"I don't think the teams would mind. If you asked anyone now if Max coming back as president of the FIA, if they would complain, I think they'd say 'no'."
But Mosley was instrumental in helping Todt succeed him as the head of the FIA and wants to leave the Frenchman to get on with the task.
"I pushed very strongly for Jean and I think he'll get the job done, and I want him to succeed because I'm responsible in part for him being there," added Mosley.
"He must be given a chance to run it in his own way, which obviously will be different to my way and might be better."
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