Mosley presses for early adoption of new F1
FIA president Max Mosley is attempting to persuade the team principals to adopt some of the proposed new F1 Technical Regulations [Apr 23] prior to the end of the current Concorde Agreement in 2007, at a specially convened meeting in Monaco today. Mosley told The Times: "We can't have 10 ageing team principals with no ideas except protecting their own interests. They all know that something must be done [to control costs] and this meeting is where we start."
When Mosley announced the cost-cutting proposals last month, he indicated that they would be adopted in 2008 whether or not the teams concurred, on the basis that the FIA does not need their agreement when giving three years' notice. However mounting concerns over costs, and recent political developments affecting the viability of the GPWC enterprise, have since led Mosley to believe that unanimity can be achieved for adopting some or all of the new rules as early as 2006.
He added: "The team principals all know that action is needed if F1 is going to succeed commercially and retain its hold on the public. This meeting is drawing a line in the sand."
The regulations would include 'long-life' 2.4-litre V8 engines, a workable ban on electronic 'driver-aids' and aerodynamic restrictions. Testing would be severely limited by means of an FIA-controlled mandatory on-board mileage recorder, and new teams would be encouraged to purchase chassis and engines from the existing constructors.
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