F1's rebel FOTA teams have moved to end the standoff with the FIA by
devising a final offer of compromise, it emerged on Wednesday.
With Friday looming as yet another crunch deadline, the association -
comprised of every current team except Williams and Force India - wrote to
Max Mosley with a proposal to resolve the dispute over the budget cap
rules.
"The time has come when, in the interests of the sport, we must all seek
to compromise and bring an urgent conclusion to the protracted debate
regarding the 2010 world championship," the letter read, according to
Reuters.
"We hope that you will consider that this letter represents significant
movement by the teams, all of whom have clearly stated a willingness to
commit to the sport until the end of 2012," it added.
In the letter, FOTA proposes that the budget cap - now called "resource
restriction" - be policed by a group of independent accountants of their
choosing, with annual results submitted to the FIA.
"We can see no reason why such a system based on objective verification of
compliance would not be acceptable to all parties," the letter read.
FIA president Max Mosley has already agreed to soften the 2010 cap to 100m
euros, before it reduces to 45m in 2011.
FOTA is also seeking that Friday's deadline for finalising the 2010 entry
list be extended for nearly another two weeks, to July 1, so that a new
Concorde agreement can be negotiated and signed.
