Article: Mot: Mosley asks F1 teams to cut costs, fuel consumption


AAP Sports News (Australia)
07-04-2008
Mot: Mosley asks F1 teams to cut costs, fuel consumption

By Alan Baldwin

SILVERSTONE, England, July 3 Reuters - Formula One's governing body warned today that
the sport was "becoming unsustainable" and invited teams to come up with new rules to
slash costs and halve fuel consumption by 2015.

"The major manufacturers are currently employing up to 1,000 people to put two cars
on the (starting) grid," International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Max Mosley
wrote in a letter to the 10 teams at the British Grand Prix.

"This is clearly unacceptable at a time when all these companies are facing difficult
market conditions.

"Also, with attention ...

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