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Mosley: I want to run again
FIA president Max Mosley has indicted that he will seek re-election and not bow to pressure to quit as the salary cap row rumbles on in Formula One. Mosley had originally stated last year that his current mandate would be his last in the aftermath of revelations about his private life. However after a power struggle with the Formula One Teams' Association, Mosley has performed a dramatic U-turn and plans to run for a fifth term in office when his current contract expires in October.
The 69-year-old Mosley is determined to defend himself against what he describes as 'wholly unjustified criticism' of his governance by FOTA and their desire to launch a breakaway series.
Mosley outlined his plans in a letter addressed to all FIA members: "Over recent weeks it has become increasingly clear that one of the objectives of the dissident teams is that I should resign as president of the FIA," it read.
"Last year you offered me your confidence and, as I wrote to you on 16 May 2008, it was my intention not to seek re-election in October this year.
"However, in light of the attack on the mandate you have entrusted to me, I must now reflect on whether my original decision not to stand for re-election was indeed the right one.
"It is for the FIA membership, and the FIA membership alone, to decide on its democratically elected leadership, not the motor industry and still less the individuals the industry employs to run its Formula One teams," wrote Mosley.