Ferrari and Mercedes are pushing for the 2013 engine rules to be delayed, FIA president Jean Todt has admitted.<\/p>\n
It emerged recently that the agreed ‘greener’ four-cylinder turbo regulations no longer had the support of all four of F1’s current engine suppliers.<\/p>\n
Subsequent reports clarified that only Renault is now fully backing the move.<\/p>\n
The FIA announced last Friday that it will now stage “consultations” with the sport’s stakeholders and then consider at the end of this month a new “implementation date” for the rules.<\/p>\n
Todt admitted to the Spanish newspaper Diario Sport that he finds the situation frustrating.<\/p>\n
“It is they who proposed the regulations, and the FIA who accepted them,” said the Frenchman.<\/p>\n
“The proposal didn’t fall from the sky; we had 11 meetings with all the representatives of those involved.<\/p>\n
“When I talk to those responsible at Renault they tell me they will go out of F1 if this new engine does not come in 2013.\u00a0 When I talk to Mercedes and Ferrari they ask me to postpone the introduction for a couple of years.<\/p>\n
“They are not against the rules but want them postponed.\u00a0 So in the coming days I will keep up the contacts personally to see where we are,” added Todt.<\/p>\n
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