and bizarre, that i think it not only reassured american racing fans that formula i really is dined of weird. i think it probably attracted more american attention to formula i than anything else in american news in decades. and that s because it was a sex scandal. a particularly lurid sex scandal involving this guy. his name is max mosley. at the time, he was the head of the international car racing organization that governs formula i. and a few years ago in 2008, a british tabloid called news of the world got their hands on what they said was a five-hour long videotape showing max mosley and what they described as a said so masochistic dungeon in london having a protracted and by all accounts very satisfying several hours long paid encounter with five women at once. and british tabloids are not known for their restraint.