“(Mercedes’) Mr Zetsche can talk to (Ferrari’s) Mr Marchionne or (Renault’s) Mr Ghosn — then they control formula one,” said Mosley. “You don’t control formula one. At that point, the need for an independent engine supplier becomes acute.”
Ecclestone wants to go one step further, resurrecting the old V8 engine formula — even though that plan was voted down by the engine manufacturers in the Geneva meeting last week.
But the F1 supremo told Sylt: “I don’t think we should get consent from the teams. I think we should just do it and say to them ‘If you don’t like it you can go to arbitration’.”
That sort of behaviour would upset the grandee teams, who in the past have threatened to quit the sport or even set up a rival world championship.
Mosley, however, said F1 must stare down those threats and “be prepared to call their bluff and tell them ‘If you want to go, don’t slam the door behind you’.”
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