Mosley-Ecclestone war now over

All of a sudden the war between Mosley and Ecclestone is over. How about that?

(GMM) The war between Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley is reportedly over, British newspapers on Friday said.

Dailies including The Times and The Daily Telegraph said the pair, recently at odds over the governance of the sport and the Mosley sex scandal, have agreed a truce.

"The bottom line is simple — we have moved to patch up our differences," Ecclestone, F1's 77-year-old chief executive, confirmed.

Mosley's spokesman added: "It is a very interesting moment in the trajectory of this story."

Ecclestone said he backed Mosley letter to team bosses, distributed on the eve of the British grand prix weekend at Silverstone.

"I am happy that the FIA has taken the initiative to allow the teams to write the regulations," he said.

"They will be able to control their expenditure. What Max put in the letter is correct — it's a little cranky that it takes 1000 people to put two cars on the grid," Ecclestone added.

[Editor's Note: Remember we predicted this would happen. Ever year there is a major controversy in F1 to get 'free' media coverage and then every year it all of a sudden gets cleared up. The F1 media are sheep and fall for this stunt every year by delivering F1 all the free coverage on the controversy that Bernie wants.]