Rebel group demands meeting with Mosley over F1 future
The five, Daimler-Chrysler, Renault, Honda, Toyota and BMW, are united in a desire for greater income from Formula One and a bigger say on technical issues.
They have announced a new organisation to represent their interests, the Grand Prix Manufacturers' Association, and revealed plans to discuss Formula One's future with world governing body the FIA.
The five manufacturers, and the nine teams allied with them, have twice snubbed meetings with Mosley to discuss future Formula One rules beyond 2007, when the ruling Concorde Agreement expires.
But after handing their own vision for a future rules package to the FIA, the group have declared themselves ready to talk.
The group, which covers all Formula One teams except Ferrari, abandoned plans to announce a rules package last weekend at Hockenheim.
Instead they submitted their proposals to Mosley and issued a statement only outlining their general aims for any new regulations.
The document announced the group's "agreement on key principles for 2008 technical, sporting and legal framework", adding: "Their thoughts and actions were driven by a number of key principles.
"First and foremost, to maintain and build upon Formula One's position as the number one annual sports series in the world, it should attract, excite and provide the best possible sporting spectacle and good value on a worldwide basis.
"Moreover, Formula One must consolidate its position at the pinnacle of motorsport, by presenting the most exciting, technologically advanced and global motorsport series.
"Also, a long-term plan for the prosperity of the sport and its key constituents should be put in place, so that those parties which contribute greatly to the sport's success have a stable and economically viable future.
"The participation of independent teams will be supported and encouraged, particularly by enabling small teams to secure a stable source of engine supply."
Meanwhile, BAR boss Nick Fry is hoping the impending contract row surrounding Jenson Button does not end up in the courts and believes it would be a "breach of human rights", should Williams force him to honour a contract for 2006.
Button has informed the team he wants to remain with them for next season rather than head to Williams with whom he has a contract for 2006.
Frank Williams is fully expecting Button to honour that commitment, however, and for the first time this season, Fry yesterday confirmed the 25-year-old has no desire to join the Grove marque.
Fry has also revealed BAR have told Williams they want Button, and now it would appear an ugly power struggle is again set to overshadow the remainder of the year just as it did last season.
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