On the eve of the British Grand Prix at
Silverstone, FIA president Max Mosley has warned the teams involved in
Formula 1 that costs must be cut and fuel efficiency drastically improved if the sport is not to become 'unsustainable'.
In an open letter published on the
FIA's site, sent to all the
F1 team principals, Mosley added that it is currently unacceptable for all the major manufacturers to be employing up to 1000 people to put two cars on the grid, especially in such 'difficult market conditions'.
He continued that the 'matter is urgent' and has thus invited all the teams to make proposals to rectify the situation.
Mosley, who recently won a vote of confidence to stay in power following the sex scandal prompted by reports in the British tabloid newspaper
The News of the World, believes that expenditure needs to reduced by at least 50 per cent. He also wants to see more useful energy extracted from less fuel, 'with a 50 per cent reduction from today's levels of fuel consumption by 2015'.
"We need proposals for regulations to come into force no later than 2011. These should be delivered to the FIA by 3 October 2008 and be sufficiently detailed to allow precise rules to be drafted," he concluded.
To read
Max Mosley's letter to the F1 team principals in full
click here
To read the new F1 rule proposals for 2011 in full
click here
