Berger says F1 needs the FIA

Although the Grand Prix Manufacturers' Association are still pressing ahead with their plans for a breakaway series, Berger has made it clear that his Scuderia Toro Rosso outfit are fully supportive of FIA president Max Mosley's vision.

He echoes Briatore's claims from his interview in Auto Motor Und Sport that the manufacturers would be the wrong people to run F1 because there would be too many vested interests.

"We are very much in line with the FIA," Berger told autosport.com during a break in testing at Jerez in Spain on Friday. "I am a believer in the FIA, simply because it is important to have independent bodies making decisions without individual interests.

"It will be strange to get teams involved (in running the sport) as everyone has his own agenda and interest.

"You have to accept that when the FIA makes decisions it sometimes fits your idea and sometimes it does not. It is important to have an independent body, and I am a supporter of it."