Teams to issue final proposal to FIA

¹²³ · May 22, 2009

Formula One team bosses were on Friday handing FIA president Max Mosley their final proposal in a bid to resolve the row rocking the sport.

That was the word from Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting of the Formula One Teams' Association aboard Renault team principal Flavio Briatore's multi-million pound yacht, Force Blue, moored in the Monte Carlo harbour.

Confirming common ground had been reached amongst all 10 teams, it would appear to represent the last hope of any compromise between FOTA and motor sport's world governing body.

"As always there's been a very good meeting, with a very good atmosphere," confirmed Di Montezemolo as he was mobbed by TV crews and photographers after stepping off the boat.

"We are altogether and we will be in position to go to the chairman of FIA (Mosley) saying in a very constructive, but very clear way, the position of FOTA."

When asked whether he was confident regarding the future, he simply said: "We will see. What is important is that our view of the future is absolutely in common."

But when more pertinently asked if it was a final proposition, he starkly replied: "Yes."

Di Montezemolo barely made it to an awaiting Ferrari moped before being whisked away to face Mosley for potentially one of the most crucial meetings in F1 history.

Should Mosley continue to dig in his heels regarding the imposition of a £40million budget cap and refuse to accede to Di Montezemolo's proposals, it could lead to Ferrari walking away.

However, if di Montezemolo's assertion is correct that all 10 teams are now behind Ferrari, potentially it could be a case of one out, all out.
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