Max Mosley won't seek re-election as FIA president

[July 15, 2009]  LONDON (AP) -- Max Mosley says he will resist pressure to stand for a fifth term as FIA president and back Frenchman Jean Todt to succeed him after 16 years in charge of world motorsport.

The 69-year-old Mosley announced last month that he wouldn't seek re-election, but said he was reconsidering that decision after the Formula One Teams Association claimed it has forced him out.

Mosley said Wednesday he received "almost 100 messages from FIA member clubs urging me to think again."

But he said: "I will not be a candidate in October."

Former Ferrari team principal Todt is yet to officially announce his candidacy in the October election. Only former world rally champion Ari Vatanen has announced he will be on the ballot.

[Associated Press]

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