The fall-out from Max Mosley's 'victory' in the vote of confidence held on his future ability to rule the sport could spawn a breakaway grand prix series, it has been warned.

According to the Daily Telegraph, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone held crisis talks with team principals in Montreal ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve – what the paper believes could be a precursor to an attempt to launch a new championship. It is believed that, despite the notorious difficulty in getting the teams to agree on issues, unanimity may not be far away.

Such a move is seen as potentially the only solution to having a man tainted by a sex scandal continuing in international motor racing's most powerful post. A large number of teams, drivers and other high-profile figures within the top flight have expressed their condemnation of the lurid revelations that appeared on the front page of the News of the World back at the end of March, with many more professing their incredulity that the 68-year-old is still in control.

Ecclestone has also hinted that in his opinion, Mosley will likely seek to remain as President of the FIA beyond the expiry of his fourth term in October, 2009, and there are fears the governing body could be set to implode from within – with both the American Automobile Association and the ADAC, Germany's national motoring organisation, threatening to withdraw their support in the wake of the vote and many other influential members considering following suit.

Ecclestone and Mosley's previously close relationship has come under increasing strain since the News of the World's exposé, with the former repeating on several occasions that his long-time ally and business associate must step down for the sake of the sport [see separate story – click here].

The pair have also disagreed over the renewal of F1's governing Concorde Agreement, with Ecclestone stating his desire to see Mosley's signature on a new and revised agreement but the latter standing firm and claiming the sport is on the brink of a 'major financial crisis' and that 'it would be irresponsible, even a breach of duty, to walk away from a number of negotiations currently under way' [see separate story – click here].

“We provide the drivers and sponsors,” a senior team source told the Daily Telegraph of the possibility of a breakaway championship, with the only factor that would be out of bounds being the Formula 1 name. “Bernie has the circuits and TV. Max is just the referee. The FIA blows the whistle.”

There were previous hints at a breakaway series back in 2004, when the Grand Prix World Championship (GPWC) – latterly the Grand Prix Manufacturers' Association (GPMA), made up principally of BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Honda, Renault and Toyota – was proposed after the teams failed to see eye-to-eye with Ecclestone over the future of the sport.

The initiative suffered a blow, however, when major player Ferrari came to terms with F1's ringmaster early the following year regarding a new Concorde Agreement, and after Williams, Red Bull Racing and Midland F1 did likewise the threat subsided, officially ending in October, 2006.