Max Mosley has won his libel case against the News of the World, and I’m very pleased about it.

I didn’t watch the video of Mosley’s “party” - as his legal team described it - because, frankly, I didn’t want to see it. Whatever the nature of the footage, when the allegations were published, I generally thought that he should have stepped down, because that’s what people in high positions do when their reputation is tarnished.

But Mosley didn’t follow convention, and weathered the inevitable storm to clear his name - to an extent. The alleged Nazi connotations have been found to be false - and it’s that which caused most concern for the likes of the German and Japanese car manufacturers. Mosley has accepted that his sexual tastes are unusual, but nothing more than that - and it has been found that this is not in the public interest.

There will inevitably be plenty of people who are interested in Mosley’s sexual tastes though, and there the damage has been done. To that end I think Mosley is absolutely right to have remained in his position of President of the FIA. He’s done nothing wrong, and if people see wrong in what he has done, then that’s their problem.

My opinion of Mosley has changed from general indifference to the utmost respect. He’s clearly a determined man of principle, and that’s got to be desirable in his role.