Former FIA president Max Mosley died aged 81

Former motorsports boss and privacy campaigner Max Mosley died aged 81, his death was confirmed by ex-Formula 1 hoss Bernie Ecclestone, who described his death as “like losing a brother”. Max Mosley served for three terms as president of the FIA from 1994 to 2009.

In his role as FIA president, he led to widespread reforms of safety procedures in Formula 1 following the death of Ayrton Senna in 1994. He was a barrister in his early career and also raced in Formula 2 in the 1960s. Later on, he co-founded the racing car constructer March in 1970 with Robin Herd, Alan Rees, and Graham Coaker. The company won its first three formula 1 races in 1970 and later diversified into other forms of motorsports but Mr. Mosley left the company and worked on motorsport politics. He joined forces with Brian Ecclestone at Formula 1 constructor Association (FOCA) and two fought a political war for control of the sport with the governing body which was known as FISA in 1980 and 1981. The argument was finally settled and the structure of the sport that remains in place to this day, FOCA, later renamed F1, held the commercial rights, while FISA controlled the rules.

Mr. Mosley became president of FIA in 1993 and he made effective and strong changes in the sport after Ayrton Senna’s death in an accident. He issued rules regarding the safety and the mods that could be done on the cars.

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