Formula One’s governing body has rejected a vote by a majority of the teams entered in the 2008 championship who want to scrap a controversial ‘freeze’ on engine development.
International Automobile Federation president Max Mosley wrote to team principals on Monday setting out the FIA’s position.
“By entering the championship, a team accepts the regulations as published and, equally importantly, is entitled to rely on them when deciding whether or not to enter,” he said. A copy of the letter was seen by Reuters.
“A major factor in deciding whether or not to enter is the cost of competing. No responsible governing body could agree to rule changes which increase the cost of competing once entries have been accepted.
“There can therefore be no question of abandoning engine homologation or making any other change to the 2008 regulations which would significantly increase the budgets of the teams which have agreed to compete.”
More standoff between the teams and the FIA. Translation: Posturing. The teams have no leverage left after their proposed breakaway series died. This is a simple attempt at negotiation.
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