Ross Brawn, owner of Formula 1 racing team Brawn GP, has said that he is confident that his team will compete in the 2010 championship. This is despite the fact that they still haven’t submitted an unconditional entry to the FIA and so technically cannot take part.
The budget row emerged when the FIA announced that it was going to impose a budget cap of £40 million per team in the 2010 season. Many see this as being impossible to stick to and threatens to ruin Formula one as we know it.
Ross Brawn thinks that the argument will be resolved soon enough and will enable all current teams to compete next year. He say he is not supporting a breakaway championship but feels that his priorities lay with Fota because of the help they received when they were setting up the team in 2009.
However, the FIA are seen to be rather angry at the claims from certain members of FIA that nothing came of the meeting between the FIA and Fota members. Some of the teams said that is was a big waste of time and no agreements were made, this is something which the FIA refute.
The FIA will soon be publishing a detailed report on their dealings with Fota.