The Grand Prix Manufacturers’ Association (GPMA), which represents BMW, Honda, Mercedes, Renault and Toyota, is expected to continue the dispute this week when it meets with the FC)dC)ration Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), motor sport’s governing body.
The manufacturers, which invest around B1 billion a year into F1 have been locked in a row with the FIA over its plans to reform the sport’s rules from 2008. The main issue is the FIA’s plan to halt engine development between 2008 and 2011.
But it is reported that GPMA members say the row has reached new heights and that manufacturers were prepared to walk away if they did not get what they wanted.
