Mosley backs cost-cutting plan
FIA president is eager to push ahead with cost cutting measures designed to help the sport ride out the current worldwide economic downturn. His proposal, which confirms a story featured in this week's AUTOSPORT magazine, is to limit Formula 1 teams to just one engine per car per grand prix weekend.
"We need to do something, we are discussing it with the teams and they are mostly in favour," he said. "The earliest we could do this would be 2003 provided we reach an agreement by October."
Following the liquidation of Prost, the cost of running an F1 team has become a major talking point. Currently engines last about 350 kilometres, and increasing this to around 800 could slash rebuild budgets by millions.
Limiting engines could also improve the racing, as any driver suffering a failure before the race would be forced to start from the back of the grid.
"When it has been raining in the past and there has been an unexpected grid, it has led to an exciting race," he added.
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