The battle over the sport's future continues as teams, the FIA and FOM all met at a Heathrow hotel yesterday afternoon. It's understood that no progress was made.
The meeting broke up when it was revealed Ferrari had initiated legal proceedings against the FIA, in a bid to stop it enforcing new regulations in 2010. The argument is apparently over a deal struck between Ferrari, the FIA and FOM in January 2005, that the Concorde Agreement would be prolonged between 2008-2012 in order to stabilise the sport.
It is understood that part of the agreement includes Ferrari's right to veto technical regulations in the future. Ferrari believe they have a case, and so to Renault and Toyota.
The deadline for registering for the 2010 championship is May 29. Mosley has made it clear that if any team hasn't lodged their application by then, they might not get in. "If they don't enter you can probably assume that some of them will stop, or do something else - go to Le Mans with a diesel engine or go to Indianapolis with a Honda engine. It is all possible," said Max.
Publicly, Max says he isn't taking the team's threats seriously. "If they were going to leave, you would think they would just leave. But in any event, it does not become an issue for the best part of a year, or 10 months."
Woah, woah there... this is a full scale crisis now, Max. And let's hope it's all settled by then as a shit-fight at the first race of the season is the last thing you want. Think diffusers were an issue this year? Imagine if the argument was over whether Ferrari could access the circuit. Sheesh.
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