FOTA Sends Positive Letter to the FIA

The ongoing dispute between the FIA and the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) seems to be going in the right direction for a change, following the latter's response to Max Mosley' letter on Monday. As confirmed by a FIA spokesperson, it seems the teams' response to Mosley's urging them to lodge unconditional 2010 entries is “not entirely negative”.

Although the aforementioned source did not disclose what the actual content of FOTA's letter to the FIA was, it seems the teams are not ready to let go of their budget cap related demands yet. The 8 teams part of the FOTA still want the concept to be scrapped from the 2010 regulations, but have attached a series of new proposals they are willing to commit in order to cut costs inside the sport.

“The FIA has received a letter and various attachments from FOTA, the contents of which are not entirely negative, and we are currently examining the details,” said the FIA spokesperson, according to the online edition of British magazine Autosport.

President Mosley asked the FOTA members, on Monday, to sign up for the 2010 Formula One Championship regardless of the budget cap situation.

It seems the letter from the FOTA doesn't quite satisfy Mosley's wishes, but it comes really close to his idea of cutting costs inside the sport. In addition, the FIA boss admitted that the ruling body, the teams' association and the FOM (Formula One Management) must come together and sign a new Concorde Agreement as soon as possible.

After revising the letter from the FOTA, the governing body will announce the complete and final entry list for the 2010 season, on Friday. Although Mosley announced that he dosen't expect all FOTA teams to make the cut, it now seems unlikely for that to happen, considering the almost-positive response from the teams' body.