Formula 1's cost-cutting conundrum
Time is running out for Formula 1 to find ways to reduce costs, but there seems to be no solution in sight yet. DIETER RENCKEN analsyses the very complex off-track battles
Just as fuel has become the new on-track battleground, so cost control continues to dominate Formula 1's political landscape, with seemingly no end in sight for this contentious topic.
Indeed, an issue that should by rights have been dispensed with in 2009 when the 2010-'12 Concorde Agreement was embraced by F1's three player groups - governing body the FIA, commercial rights holder Formula One Management and the teams' collective acting under the FOTA umbrella - continues to rumble along whenever two or more team bosses meet.
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