Jul.19 (GMM) With Magny Cours failing to stage an agreement over F1's future engine rules, the FIA is now likely to step in and force the early implementation of its inevitable engine 'freeze'.
According to the 'Guardian' newspaper, the governing body will now invoke a Concorde agreement clause that allows it to make rule changes at short notice in the interests of safety.
The FIA had hinted at the course of action at its World Motor Sport Council earlier in June, when a statement said technical directors were to be consulted 'regarding possible measures to slow the cars'.
Previously, the early implementation of the controversial 'homologation' for 2007 - rather than 2008 - had been an issue of cost, rather than safety.
''It would be completely stupid to spend an enormous amount of money in 2007 (before) coming back in 2008 to square one,'' Renault boss Flavio Briatore said at Magny Cours.
Written: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:58:14
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