Motor racing - Mosley to face vote of confidence by secret ballot

Max Mosley will face a vote of confidence as president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) by a secret ballot, the FIA said.

Mosley, the subject of lurid newspaper revelations about his private life, had asked the FIA last week to call an extraordinary general meeting in Paris on the matter.

Responding to that call, the FIA issued a statement saying "that the members of the senate have unanimously approved the proposal of the president of the FIA, that further to the recent press coverage relating to his private life, an extraordinary general assembly should be convened.

"The meeting will be held on June 3, 2008, in Paris. The general assembly will include a vote of confidence by secret ballot," the statement said.