Max Mosley: I'd cut Ferrari's cash
Monday 19 September 2016 14:25, UK
Former FIA president Max Mosley says he would back Liberty Media's decision to cut money to Ferrari, should the American company decide to equalise payments to teams following their buyout of F1.
There has been speculation that Liberty Media, who completed a £6bn takeover earlier this month, might want to create a more level playing field within F1 by spreading money around more evenly, which could meet resistance from some of the better-paid teams such as Ferrari.
But Mosley, when asked by Sky Sports News HQ's Craig Slater whether the new owners would dare cut Ferrari's payments, said: "If it were me I would. I'd just say to them because you are famous Ferrari we want you.
Read Craig Slater's full Q&A with former FIA president Max Mosley HERE
"But because you are famous you get more sponsorship than others. That would be the thing to do and Ferrari would go along with it."
Mosley added: "[Liberty] might meet resistance but in the end it would be futile because they would have the power to do that.
"If it's a question of rules they have to get FIA onside. Ferrari in the past have quarrelled with the FIA. They threatened to start building cars for American series saying we'll start F1 in America.
"The fact is in the end everybody's interests go in the same way, Ferrari need F1's interests to be big and successful. They don't need a Formula One in which they win all the time."
