Mosley faces calls to quit after sex allegations

By Alan Baldwin

LONDON (Reuters) - Max Mosley faced calls for his resignation on Tuesday after weekend newspaper allegations that the head of Formula One's governing body took part in a Nazi-style orgy with prostitutes.

The Times newspaper said in a leader column that Mosley must stand down while Ferrari's 1979 world champion Jody Scheckter called for a concerted media campaign to force the Briton's hand.

"There is absolutely no question in my mind that Mosley should resign," South African Scheckter told The Guardian newspaper.

"From a purely motor racing point of view, you can't have somebody like this running the sport or any other sport come to that."

The Times said Mosley was as entitled as anyone to his fantasies but the question of whether he could continue at the helm of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) had become a moral question and not a legal one.

"He should resign," the paper concluded.

ECCLESTONE COMMENTS

Formula One's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone told The Times that it would be better for Mosley not to attend Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.