Fernley: FIA engine plans 'borne out of frustration'

The FIA's willingness to introduce new power unit regulations are "borne out of frustration", according to Force India's Bob Fernley.

It was announced following the United States Grand Prix that a new power unit regulation could be introduced in 2017, with the FIA moving ahead with plans to open up a tender for the lower cost unit to be supplied by an independent manufacturer.

While Todt admits he would rather be able to control costs surrounding the current power units, Fernley says a number of parties in F1 have grown tired of a lack of progress.

“You have to give credit to Jean,” Fernley told F1i. “I think what he’s doing at the moment and the concept of an independent engine and so on and so forth I think is borne out of frustration”.

“He, like us, has been working for two years to try and get some common sense in to cost controls and we’ve failed and I think this is a result of it.”

“It’s the same way we want better distribution of income and we want to have governance and we’ve had to go to the EU. Surely to goodness we shouldn’t have to do that.”

With Todt saying the problems stem from the current imbalance in revenue distribution between the teams, Fernley says there has been no leeway on a number of fronts.

“Yeah, but you can do one of a few things. You can either reduce costs, you can get a better distribution or you can do a bit of both and everything has been resisted. What you are seeing now is pure frustration.”

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