Ferrari boss wants F1 teams to have bigger say

"I think Bernie has done a huge job for F1 - and for himself - but overwhelmingly for F1," he told Autosport's sister magazine Autocar. "But we, the teams, are the players. We want to have a bigger part in handling the business. The biggest objective is for there to be a bigger cake for the teams."

German media group Kirch says it has raised the US$1 billion needed for itself and EMTV, the struggling conglomerate that bought a 50 per cent stake in Ecclestone's SLEC holding company last year, to buy an extra 25 per cent and thus take a majority holding in F1.

However, Ecclestone and the sport's governing body, the FIA, are both keen for F1's manufacturers buy a stake in SLEC and could in theory veto any purchase by Kirch - a course of action that would please Montezemolo.

The Ferrari president also baulked at plans Kirch is said to have to move F1 into the realms of pay-per-view at the expense of terrestrial coverage.

"We will never accept pay-to-view-only television coverage of F1," he said. "It is absolutely against the future interest of Ferrari and F1 as a whole. It is unbelievable. I will never accept it for Ferrari."