Max Mosley admitted to feeling "vindicated" as he returned to Formula One for the first time since winning a legal battle.

In March, FIA president Mosley was the subject of an article in the News of the World who claimed he participated in an alleged Nazi-themed orgy. However, Mosley went on to win a vote of confidence from the FIA and won a High Court battle against the News of the World, receiving a record £60,000 in compensation as he successfully sued for breach of privacy.

Mosley said: "The thing that annoyed me was that there was some sort of Nazi role play. That has been totally demolished in court. In that sense I am vindicated, although obviously I am irritated, to put it mildly, that my private life, and aspects of my private life, have been made public which shouldn't have been."

He added: "That's particularly bad for my family.

"But as far as Formula One is concerned, everything has gone on (as normal). The only thing that happened in Formula One is the two German and Japanese teams put out rather ill-considered press releases.

"At the time, I put out a rather ill-considered response to the German one.

"But they should have picked the phone up and asked me what the truth of the matter was. They didn't bother to do that.

"They are probably a little ashamed at that now - they should be.

"Apart from that very minor thing, everything has flowed along, the discussions backwards and forwards about the regulations have been completely normal."