When the Formula One Teams’ Association was formed there were many who reckoned it would only be a matter of time before normal service resumed and they would all be at each others throats again.
Following ‘Diffusergate’ the insults are now flying thick and fast, with Renault boss Flavio Briatore leading the way by saying he would prefer a Chinese taxi driver over Ross Brawn as the technical head of FOTA. ITV
Briatore threatened to try to stop Brawn GP getting TV rights money due under its previous name, Honda.
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He said rival teams need the cash to spend on redevelopment costs because legendary designer Brawn refused to withdraw his controversial double diffuser design.
It is the latest in a series of attacks by the Italian on the Grand Prix pacesetters. Mirror.co.uk
Until now, FOTA’s strength has been its total unity in facing down F1’s ruling authorities, the governing FIA and commercial rights representative Bernie Ecclestone.
But Brawn is quoted as saying: “It would be wrong to mix the sporting and political sides. On the track we are opponents, but we can also fight for common goals.”
While it is arguably in Ecclestone’s interests to see FOTA break up, the F1 Chief Executive has refused to back Briatore’s hostility. Yahoo!Eurosport
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