Sauber chief executive Monisha Kaltenborn has confirmed a debate is in play regarding the engine formula for 2013.<\/p>\n
The FIA has already rubber-stamped the impending beginning of a four-cylinder turbo era, but Bernie Ecclestone and Ferrari are pushing hard for the current V8 formula to remain.<\/p>\n
Meetings were held at Sepang over the weekend and Kaltenborn – although with Ferrari as the Swiss team’s engine and KERS supplier – said Sauber has not chosen a side.<\/p>\n
“As a customer team we currently have too little information in order to argue for one (option) or the other,” she is quoted by Auto Motor und Sport.<\/p>\n
“But time is very short,” added Kaltenborn.<\/p>\n
“On the one hand, we support innovative technology, and on the other it must be affordable.\u00a0 You have to find a balance,” she said.<\/p>\n
Also discussed on the sidelines in Malaysia were a new Concorde Agreement for post-2012 and further cost reductions championed by the teams group FOTA.<\/p>\n
On the latter issue, Kaltenborn urged caution.<\/p>\n
“We must not forget that we are implementing cost reductions for the first time in the history of formula one.<\/p>\n
“For us as a team in the midfield, it is important to ensure the preservation of the team and maintain both the appeal and the glamour of formula one,” she said.<\/p>\n
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