[Casper]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Hold on a minute!

You seem to be overlooking the fact that the idea to have these type of "power-units" came from the engine providers, most notably Renault. They had in effect threatened to withdraw from Formula 1 as an engine provider if the changes didn't happen (to "reflect" their road going engines), whilst Mercedes were muttering on the sidelines that they needed to illustrate to their directors that the new units would be far more fuel efficient than the then current V8s.

It was the engine suppliers that basically handed the FIA the concept of the new units, and, after some horse trading, the two sides together wrote the new rules/regulations.

As I wrote on another thread, Renault have been pretty quiet this season, and it is my belief that, if the FIA started to re-write the rules, they will abandon F1 entirely and that Mercedes may not stick around either. The suits in Stuttgart are, even now, looking very closely at their involvement in the sport.

Wot he said^^

There is no turning back so BE had better get used to it as had the spectators and TV audience. The manufacturers wanted it and invested substantial amounts of folding bringing the motors into being. I think they might be suitably P'd off if all that was thrown out the window and they were told to start again.