EAW issue could lead to F1 boycotts

"If what happened 10 years ago [when Ayrton Senna was killed at Imola] were to happen again, then people would probably be in jail if they were unprepared to declare themselves guilty," Jordan told AUTOSPORT.

"As a sports person and a racer, yes, I will [be at Imola]. But, as a businessman with the responsibility I have, I am saying that there's a question mark. I have a responsibility to my staff and my family, and that part of me says, no, I should not go."

F1 teams are obliged through the Concorde Agreement to compete in every round of the world championship, or face a heavy financial penalty. However Jordan believes that the FIA would not be inclined to punish teams that felt compelled to boycott events in view of the EAW.

He added: "There's a mechanism for fining you [for missing a race], but this has not always happened, so there could be an exclusion order if you felt strongly enough about something. I don't think anyone, Max Mosley included, would be against it."

The FIA has published a letter from Mosley to the European Commissioner for Justice, Antonio Vitorino, in which the FIA president expressed his dissatisfaction with the critical remarks, attributed to a spokesperson for the Commissioner with regard to the concerns in F1 over the EAW legislation [Jan 22].