Former driver Hans-Joachim Stuck is pleased that the FIA's proposed €45m budget cap for 2010 is attracting the interest of new teams to the sport. Although the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) is still yet to solve its confrontation with the FIA over the matter, the German believes that manufactures should pull out as constructors and that the added publicity from new teams is what Formula One is looking for.
With governing body the FIA set to announce the team line-up for the 2010 World Championship this Friday and F1's current five car manufacturers still unhappy over the budget cap, threats of leaving the sport still remain. "Let us be glad that it finally generates interest!" 58-year-old Stuck told Germany's Bild. "Nobody can afford to spend €300m a year and not be on the podium, but that's how life was in the past. If the new teams have good drivers and provide action on the track, no-one will cry for the 'old' F1."
With the sport's five current car manufacturers - BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault and Toyota - all in disagreement over the spending limit scheme, FIA president Max Mosley has informed that, due to sporting regulations, the rule can now only be modified once all 13 competitors of next year agree, meaning that (full, unconditional) entries would have to be submitted first. "I don't understand why Mercedes and BMW still build cars," Stuck continued. "I say: 'enough of that!'. They should limit themselves to what they do - building and selling engines.
"Mercedes is the best example; their own McLaren team now is at the back of the field and they spend a lot of money in the team. At the same time, Norbert Haug (vice president for Mercedes Motorsport) sold the (same) engine for €10m to fledgling Brawn - for that, he will be World Champion and make money from it!"
Stuck holds a similar view for the second German manufacturer, stressing the importance of national connections: "BMW should make a deal with Red Bull to supply them engines, then they would have a realistic chance to win the title with Sebastian Vettel and also gain more support from the German fans."
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