Formula One: Mercedes stand firm on FOTA
“I think it is absolutely vital that Fota exists,” said Mercedes motorsport vice-president Norbert Haug.
LONDON:
Efforts to reach a Formula One cost-cutting agreement will not be thrown off track by the ‘bump in the road’ caused by Ferrari and Red Bull withdrawing from the Formula One Team’s Association (Fota), said Mercedes bosses. Champions Red Bull and rivals Ferrari both announced that they had handed in their notice, leaving Fota with just nine members out of 12 teams after HRT quit in January. “I think it is absolutely vital that Fota exists,” said Mercedes motorsport vice-president Norbert Haug. “The aims that we have are very important and I think it is up to the so-called top teams to really balance it out.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 6th, 2011.
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