Max Mosley was President of the FIA between 1993 and late 2009, but prior to that played a key role in creating the Formula 1 Constructors Association (FOCA) , was President of FISA (’91-’93), was a co-founder of two F1 constructors (March & Simtek) and even had a stint as a racing driver working his way up to F2. This gives him a unique insight into the motorsport landscape and during August Mosley spoke exclusively with Racecar Engineering on a wide range of topics including the future of Formula 1 and the directions it could take in future and could have taken in the past.
Mosley was instrumental in the introduction of hybrid systems into F1 in 2009 (then called KERS) and the introduction of the current turbo compounded hybrid power units in 2014. ?It would have been better to call the systems hybrid from a marketing point of view? he rues. Introducing these new technologies was not all straightforward, initially the hybrid systems proved expensive and unreliable. But even getting to that point was the result of much negotiation with the car manufacturers according to Mosley.

(The original 2009 Mercedes F1 hybrid system)

?I had a conversation with Dieter Zetsche and I said ?energy recovery is it?. You see all the red lights on in a traffic jam, all that energy wasted, it is inconceivable to think that in 50 years time that energy will be wasted and he agreed, but he said I don?t want this in Formula 1 before I have got it in production cars. I s...