Damon Hill takes aim at former FIA president Max Mosley in controversial remarks. Damon Hill criticises former FIA president Max Mosley in a social media post.

The 1996 world champion criticised the actions of the former FIA president, who passed away five years ago

A controversial figure

On April 13, former FIA president Max Mosley would have turned 86 years old. Mosley passed away five years ago after a life deeply embedded in the world of motorsport, marked by both successes and disappointments, and certainly filled with controversy and debate. Journalist and former press officer for several Formula 1 teams, Matt Bishop, chose to remember him by resharing an article he had written two years ago for MotorSportMagazine, in which he outlined a detailed profile of Max Mosley.

“Whether you loved him or hated him, you had to admit he was a fascinating man, although he could be tough and even cruel. Above all, he was frighteningly intelligent,” Bishop wrote about Mosley on X. However, this portrayal was not appreciated by 1996 Formula 1 world champion Damon Hill, who had the opportunity to know Mosley very well, given that his entire F1 career unfolded during Mosley’s presidency.

Hill’s strong response

Responding to Bishop’s comment, Damon Hill launched a sharp attack on Mosley: “Don’t be fooled just because he could be ‘amusing’,” wrote the British former driver for Williams, Arrows and Jordan. “It was always at someone else’s expense. I’m not sure [it] can be called intelligence if it is used in the service of hatred and division.”

The remark is likely to spark further debate and reopens some of the most controversial chapters in the history of Formula 1 and motorsport as a whole.