Walkout re-ignites F1 crisis

THE future of Formula One is again “in jeopardy” after the eight members of FOTA walked out of a meeting with the FIA yesterday, just two weeks after peace appeared to have broken out.

The latest dispute centres around the legality of the eight teams’ entry into next season’s championship, and voting rights in relation to the technical and sporting regulations. The furore follows a meeting of the FIA’s Sporting Working Group chaired by Charlie Whiting, the FOTA eight — Ferrari, McLaren, BMW Sauber, Renault, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Toro Rosso and Brawn GP — as well as Williams, Force India and the three new teams, US F1, Campos Meta and Manor Grand Prix.