With the price of oil going up and up, there will be some major changes, sooner or later, as to how business is done, and Max has a point on that.

As to the other, well, if bernie wanted to NOT have the FIA involved in his series, then that would happen, whenever he wanted it. But i think bernie needs the fia for various reasons of legitimatcy. OTOH, the comments show that it is all about the money, and Bernie's desire to make as much as possible, as in conflict with max's desires to have as much control as possible through the FIA....most interesting---will there be more light shed on the back door dealings of power, or is this stuff just a smokescreen:

In the letter, a copy of which has been seen by autosport.com, Mosley reveals that he, on behalf of the FIA, is battling with F1 commercial rights holders Bernie Ecclestone and financial backers CVC for control of F1, and thinks it vital he sees out those discussions.

In fact, he thinks the negotiations are so important that: "it would be irresponsible, even a breach of duty, to walk away from (them)."

In the letter, Mosley reveals: "We are in the middle of a renegotiations of the 100 year commercial agreement between the FIA and the Formula One Commercial Rights Holder (CRH). In effect, this agreement governs Formula One.

"The CRH originally asked us to accept changes to the agreement in order to reduce the CRH's liability to tax. These we can probably concede. But the CRH has also now asked for control over the F1 regulations and the right to sell the business to anyone - in effect to take over F1 completely. I do not believe the FIA should agree to this.

"To do so would be to abandon core elements of the FIA's patrimony including, for example, our ability to protect the traditional grands prix. We would also be weaker financially but, even more importantly, we would put at risk the viability of the FIA as the regulatory authority of international motor sport and lose a valuable communication platform for the wider interests of the organisation."