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The president of the Dutch motoring body says what everybody else is thinking...

Originally Posted by planetf1.com

Dutch motoring body president Guido Van Woerkom believes the smaller bodies receiving financial assistance from the FIA played a big role in the vote of confidence in Max Mosley.

A number of the world's major clubs made it clear before the meeting that they would vote against him. However, the 68-year-old Mosley won by a clear majority of 103 to 55.

Van Woerkom believes Mosley got most of his votes from the smaller national bodies.

"I am not quite surprised but I am not happy. I voted against," Van Woerkom was quoted by Autosport.

"There is a lot of money going around and if you get a small piece of that bread it can be very nice to eat.

"Corrupt is not the way, I won't say it. But when you look at the McLaren fine, that is a lot of money, and when you get something from that you are more or less in favour of the people giving you that bread.

"So that's normal in life, although in some countries that's normal."

The German motoring organisation ADAC has already decided to pull out of the FIA, and Van Woerkom warns that other heavyweights could follow suit.

"When you look to the bigger clubs, the AAA (USA), the triple A in Australia, the JAF (Japan) of 70 million members, the ADAC in Germany, the NWB in the Netherlands, they all are against," he said.

"So when you count the members behind the members then I don't think he will succeed."

And Paul Stoddart, never one to avoid sticking his nose into a bit of controversy, has stated his opinions on the matter...

Originally Posted by planetf1.com

Paul Stoddart has warned that the FIA will never recover from the repercussions of their decision to endorse the presidency of Max Mosley.

The Englishman enjoyed a resounding victory in Paris on Tuesday, winning the endorsement of 103 of the 169 voters, but his victory may be the FIA's loss with a number of heavyweight and influential national bodies already threatening to leave motorsport's governing body.

According to Stoddart, the former team boss of Minardi, the threat should not be taken lightly.

"This is a sad day for motorsport because this is the beginning of the end of the FIA" he told BBC Radio Five Live. "The damage done is irreparable and we will now see the demise of the FIA."