Commented Ecclestone: "The carmakers should not get involved in Formula One too much. Their executives are only interested in winning. If they don't, they lose interest at some stage.
"They are only concerned about what advantages they could have for the next race. They never think about the next season and they never think about the sport.
"The teams now want more democracy. In my opinion it cannot work. As far as Formula One goes, I believe in dictatorship."
The manufacturers - Ford, BMW, Renault, Ferrari's parent FIAT and DaimlerChrysler - have been lobbying for teams to have a greater commercial split of the sport's revenues and have set up their own GPWC company with a view to potentially forging their own championship.
The existing 'Concorde Agreement' between teams, Ecclestone and governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) runs until the end of 2007.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has hit back at the sport's car manufacturers over their attempts to wrestle more control away from the governing body Formula One Management (FOM).
