Double world champion Fernando Alonso fears for his future with Renault and Ferrari threatening to quit Formula One if the 2010 regulations are not rewritten.
“Here I will be 100 per cent focused on the grand prix this weekend,” the Spaniard, who has been regularly linked with a move to Ferrari from Renault, said at the Monaco Grand Prix.
“But it is true that last week when I was at home it was impossible to switch off because I don’t know if this will be my last time in Monaco.
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“If the big teams and the big manufacturers leave Formula One then I don’t want to race with small teams, because it is not any more F1 and there are many other categories,” added the 27-year-old. Yahoo! Eurosport
“For me, it’s strange that nobody sat down and thought about how much we are damaging the sport.”
“To have three or four new teams and lose six or seven of the big manufacturers - I can’t understand it. And, not only losing only seven manufacturers, but also losing the 10 best drivers in the world. It means F1 loses everything and is not interesting any more.”
Shortly after Alonso had hit out at the crisis that has forced most of the major manufacturer-backed teams to threaten not to re-sign for 2010 before the FIA’s deadline of May 29, Ferrari issued a formal statement in reaction to the verdict of the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris.
In this, the team said it would not race in a ‘watered-down version’ of Formula One, complete with a host of new small-budget teams, and again hinted that it may take part in a breakaway series.
“If it is not possible for all parties to reach agreement, then in line with the decision of the Main Board (of Ferrari), taken on May 12, Ferrari will not enter its cars in a competition that, with the planned scenario in place, would see a watering down of the characteristics that have endowed F1 with the status of the most important motor sport series,” said the statement.
FIA president Max Mosley said: “No competitor should place their interests above those of the sport in which they compete. The FIA, the teams and our commercial partners will now continue to work to ensure the well-being of Formula One in 2010 and beyond.“The French court’s rejection of Ferrari’s bid for an injunction and the continuing controversy over the future of the sport left a shadow hanging over the paddock. AFP
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