Controversial figure Former FIA president Max Mosley would have turned 86 on 13 April. Mosley died five years ago after a life lived within the world of motorsport between successes and disappointments and certainly full of controversies and controversies. The journalist and former press officer of various F1 teams Matt Bishop wanted to remember his figure by re-proposing an article he wrote two years ago on the MotorSportMagazine website, in which he outlined a profile of Mosley. “Whether you love him or hate him, you have to admit that he was a fascinating man, although he could be harsh and even cruel. Above all, he was frighteningly intelligent,” Bishop wrote of Mosley on Hill on the attack via social media Don’t be fooled just because he could be ‘funny’. It was always at someone else’s expense. I’m not sure intelligence can be called that if it is employed in the service of hatred and division.— Damon Hill (@HillF1) April 13, 2026 Responding to Bishop’s comment, Hill harshly attacked Mosley: “Don’t be fooled just because he could be ‘fun’ – wrote the English ex-Williams, Arrows and Jordan driver – he always did it at someone else’s expense. I’m not sure that [la sua] it can be defined as intelligence if it is used in the service of hatred and division.” A comment destined to spark discussion and which reopens controversial pages in the history of F1 and motorsport.




















