PA Sport's, Ian Parkes, delves into the complicated world of FIA president, Max Mosley.

Talk about pulling the pin, lobbing in a hand grenade and running away.

After confirming he will not be standing for re-election as FIA president, Max Mosley then proceeded to espouse the virtues of Jean Todt as his successor.

Mosley described Todt, who on Thursday confirmed his candidacy, as "unquestionably the outstanding motorsport manager of his generation, and arguably of any generation".

Hold on a second, this is the same Jean Todt who, in his role as Peugeot rally boss, tossed a coin to decide who would triumph in the 1989 Paris-Dakar event.

Todt wanted a Peugeot winner, but did not want team-mates Jacky Ickx and Ari Vatanen - by a strange quirk of fate the man he will be going up against for the presidency - fighting it out to the end.

This is also the same Jean Todt who, throughout his time as Ferrari team principal, orchestrated many a finish in favour of Michael Schumacher.

Never more so than the infamous Austrian Grand Prix of 2002 when race leader Rubens Barrichello was told to allow Schumacher by, doing so just before the finish line on the final lap.

The furore and embarrassment that followed ultimately resulted in the FIA issuing a ban on team orders.

If that is 'outstanding motorsport management' perhaps I should announce myself as a candidate for the top job at the FIA.

Although helping Schumacher to win five drivers' titles and Ferrari six constructors' championships, his morals hardly seem based on sporting values or ethics.

It is to this end the Formula One teams do not want Todt in charge as the fear is little would change, a case of hardly being able to see the join of where Mosley's 16-year reign ends on October 23, and should that be the date when Todt's begins.

The 63-year-old Frenchman is not a popular character in F1, and one wonders how Ferrari president and Formula One Teams Association chairman Luca di Montezemolo must be feeling today knowing Todt could be in charge of the sport.

The two men are understood to have suffered a major fallout which brought about the end of Todt's time at Ferrari last year where he had taken on the role of CEO after his lengthy tenure as team boss.

So now the fight begins - Todt vs Vatanen - and given the former has the support of Mosley, you feel for the underdog on this occasion.

You can tell it is the silly season because all of a sudden over the past couple of weeks people with nothing better to do have started linking x driver with y team.

One of the more fanciful suggested during the course of the German Grand Prix weekend was that of World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb joining Toro Rosso.

Maybe it's the fact he is called Sebastien - bearing in mind we've had Vettel (albeit spelled 'an' at the end), Bourdais and Buemi in the car for that team - that prompted the question asked of him.

At the Nurburgring, the rumour-mill was rife Bourdais was facing his last grand prix - and so it proved with confirmation today from Toro Rosso that they have parted company - resulting in Loeb's name being linked.

Aside from stating he is not fit enough to race in F1, two of the remaining rallies clash with grands prix, and his Citroen team boss Olivier Quesnel shot the story down in flames, hey, it was a goer.

Rising Spanish star Jaime Alguersuari is due to be confirmed in the seat ahead of next weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, but that is not to say Loeb might not get his chance later down the line.

He has driven an F1 car before, has tested as recently as two weeks ago in the Toro Rosso simulator, and then there is the fact Citroen and the Faenza-based squad are both sponsored by Red Bull.

The last rally of the season also takes place a week before the final grand prix in Abu Dhabi, an untried track where Loeb will have more of a chance against the established stars.

What the heck. It's the silly season. Loeb to race in Abu Dhabi then?

And to end on a light note this week, Michael Schumacher is alive and well, and currently serving up fine food in Toyota's motorhome.

No, it's not a case of how far the seven-times world champion has fallen, but Toyota's top chef just happens to share the same name.

Bearing in mind F1 Michael's brother Ralf used to drive for Toyota, how much ribbing must cook Michael have to endure?