Max Mosley dominated Formula One and waged war on the tabloid press We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss May 26, 2021 — 10.16am Normal text size Advertisement Max Mosley, the former president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), who has died aged 81, was a driving force behind the global success of Formula One; his position began to look precarious when, at the end of March 2008, the News of the World published a double-page spread, with video on its website, showing him as an active participant in a sado-masochistic orgy with five prostitutes.