Walker: Mosley and FIA let F1 down in 2008 Much-loved former F1 commentator Murray Walker has claimed that FIA President Max Mosley and grand prix stewards badly let the sport down in 2008.
Max Mosley let down the FIA and the FIA let down Formula 1 with some of its stewarding decisions in 2008 - that is the outspoken view of the sport's much-loved veteran commentator Murray Walker.
"I was very disappointed with the FIA, for two reasons," the 85-year-old told Crash.net Radio. "One is that I think the organization was badly let down by its president in terms of what he did in the belief that it was private, but which became public to the detriment of his image and must to a mild extent have adversely affected Formula 1.
"These things are a five-day wonder, though - no one is talking about what Max Mosley did in private now, and the sport hasn't actually suffered at all in my opinion."
"I was very disappointed with some of the calls the stewards made and the composition of the stewards," confessed Walker, who commentated on the top flight for both the BBC and ITV for almost three decades. "I feel there is a great need for a greater continuity of the stewards in Formula 1 and for them to be more knowledgeable about what things are like in actual racing conditions.
"The FIA have taken action to try to overcome the problems that people like me have about the stewards, though, and you can always cynically say that any publicity is good publicity. Overall, I don't think the sport has suffered at all." Yahoo! Eurosport UK
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