To my amazement, everyone seems to be taking seriously Max's announcement of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the FIA. The moment I heard of this, I knew it was just a case of Max playing for time, hoping that the fuss would die down in the meantime. But the great Alianora la Canta has been on the case and discovered the truth of the matter. This is what she reports:
"I've looked in the Statutes covering this situation and the meeting has to take place between 35 days and six weeks (i.e. 42 days) of the announcement. Prepare for fireworks in the second or third week of May.
The thing is, unless Max puts it on the agenda, someone else will have to issue a counter-Extraordinary General Assembly to unseat him by force. In theory, that can be done at any time, but if the Assembly is waiting for Max's version of events in case he might have a good excuse (not that I can imagine such an excuse existing, but hope springs eternal...), then we will be waiting until July, possibly later, before Max is forcibly removed."
That is just not good enough. The manufacturers have called for an immediate response from the FIA and instead have been fobbed off with a ploy. Let it be known that we are not fooled for a moment. The manufacturers, team bosses and all other interested parties must issue a demand that Max resign now.