Dennis takes issue with Mosley

Dennis believes that Mosley is being imaginative in his use of article 7.5 of the Concorde Agreement, to railroad through immediate changes on the grounds of safety.

"Clearly," said Dennis, "the interpretation is being somewhat broadened by our president and it's a question of how the teams react when the Technical Working Group [TWG] meets this week.

"There were many things said by Max that were misleading and not accurate. He portrays the teams as not being responsive in many areas - which is just not accurate. The V8 proposals were initiated by the TWG and there has been a great deal of work submitted to the FIA in light of those discussions."

Dennis also explained that yet another backtrack on the F1 qualifying procedure, which had been due to change at Silverstone with the strong support of Bernie Ecclestone, was in fact initiated by Mosley.

"It is quite true that some team principals changed their position on qualifying during the course of the F1 Commission meeting," Dennis admitted, "but this was preceded by a very clear statement from Max that he did not want this qualifying to be introduced.

"It obviously opened the door to a lot of discussion in the F1 Commission - at one point, Max made it very clear that he intended to introduce the 107 per cent rule, and the smaller teams were immediately concerned that it would jeopardise their ability to compete. And the inevitable consequence of that dialogue was to change what was a documented, unanimously-supported position into one that saw the regulation not followed through."

Dennis was also sceptical about the reasons behind Mosley's departure: "The one thing that I've witnessed over the years, so many times, is the stimulus that Max gets from a debate and an argument. I find it hard to believe that the frustrations of working with grand prix teams and rally teams are the true reason. But if it's the reason he says, who am I to question it?"