Max Mosley Sex Scandal May Hurt F1 Racing Financially

Following reports that Formula One Motor Racing Chief Max Mosley may have participated in a sick Nazi orgy with five hookers, Sir Jackie Stewart fears the scandal may harm F1 Racing financially. 

F1 great Stewart told the BBC Mosley's conduct could deter new sponsors and lead to existings ones quitting the sport.

"You are talking about multi-national corporations, and what's going on right now could damage them," said the Scot.

"If you were such an organisation and the chairman or CEO was excited about coming into F1, the marketing director might say 'there's a lot of stuff going on at the moment, why don't we hold back until we see how they handle it'.

"The sport is vulnerable when it comes to moral issues. If it's called a 'scandal', that affects F1 as a whole and the perception of it by some cultures and religions."

For those of you not keeping score,  here is the summary.

Last week, The News of the World reported that Max Mosley had been filmed in a concentration camp commandant in a FIVE-HOUR torture chamber video.

Mosley is seen barking orders in German as he WHIPS two hookers dressed in striped uniforms reminiscent of AUSCHWITZ garb while girls in Nazi uniforms look on.   He is also checked for head lice at one point.

He also yells:  "she needs more of ze punishment!" while brandishing a LEATHER STRAP over a brunette's naked bottom.

Then the lashes rain down as Mosley counts them out in German: "Eins! Zwei! Drei! Vier! Fünf! Sechs!" In the midst of one beating, a panting Max Mosley watches one hooker take off her Nazi uniform.

While Mosley has not denied he appears in the video, he claims there were no "Nazi connotations". 

Mosley is the son of a one time alleged Nazi sympathizer.

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Alistair Prescott, Gambling911.com

Originally published April 6, 2008 10:38 am EST