The meeting in London today between Max Mosley, Bernie Ecclestone and the FOTA representatives to discuss the 2010 regulations ended in deadlock with neither side willing to give.
Mosley said afterwards:
"It was quite a friendly meeting, but in the end all that happened was that the teams have gone off to see if they can come up with something better than the cost cap.We explained we cannot put back the entry date, as this has all been published, and we cannot disadvantage the potential new teams who will come in. But we are prepared to listen to whatever they have to say.
"In the meantime, the regulations are as published. We have explained that we want everyone to race under the same regulations. We have explained that we would like all of the teams to come in under the cost cap and that is what they have gone off to consider.
"We have said that we cannot see why anyone wouldn't want to operate under the cost cap, and it would mean a gradual relaxation of the technical regulations - which all the engineers would want. We said in the end the choice was between intellectual freedom and financial constraint, or intellectual constraint and financial freedom - which is what they have had up until now.
"We have pointed out, and it is something the engineers have said, that current F1 consists of endless refinement at enormous expense and we want to move away from that and have invention and creativity, but we can only do that if we restrict the cost - because if we have unrestricted cost nobody would be able to afford it.
"I think some of the teams agree with that idea, and some don't, and they have gone away to discuss it."
It is also apparent that Ferrari have lodged a lawsuit against the FIA in the French courts, with Mosley admitting:
"During the meeting it became apparent that Ferrari has made an application to the French courts, and I don't know the details, but it is to apply for an injunction to stop us doing what we want to do. So that is where the situation rests as far as Ferrari is concerned."
Written: Fri, 15 May 2009 18:04:16
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