Jerry, you seem to be oversimplifying the problem. I really do wish it was as easy as that, but I suspect Max is a far more complex person and will not be giving up easily, even though he knows that what he is doing is doing no good at all for the image of our sport.
Even though I'm off work I don't have time to write a full dissertation on Max Mosley's psychology, so of course I'm simplifying. And for the purposes of discussion, why not over simplify?
I don't think Max wants to go into history as the man who killed F1. However, I'm sure he'd rather be the man who killed F1 instead of the Nazi sicko who ran F1 as Bernie's lapdog.
I still think he's the villain in all this, but if Luca and Flavio are serious about getting rid of him, it needs to be on Max's terms, not theirs. Max is 'right' in that others are trying to hijack the process. Of course, the others are right in that the process needed hijacking. They need to work behind closed doors, which seems to be exceedingly difficult for the three of them, and come up with something Max can take credit for.
It won't be easy, but if you want to put a stake through a vampire's heart you have to take big risks and be ready to make sacrifices.