The situation is going from bad to worse [if it already was not so] for Max Mosely. Mosely sent a letter to letter to ‘n’ number of people & motor sport bodies, yesterday, whereby he stated his stance on the whole issue. But in last 24 hours, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Toyota & Honda had issued statements where all of them has displayed their disappointments at the ongoing controversy and have asked FIA to look into the matter very seriously. And to make matter worse, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa has asked Mosely not to attend the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend. This, undoubtedly, is a big blow for Mosely.

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On friday, Renault announced that they are quitting GPMA with immediate effect, leaving only Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Honda in the group. Their official press release said:

“Renault believes that in order to achieve constructive dialogs with the FIA on the future direction of the sport, it is important to work in consultation with all manufacturers participating in Formula One, including Ferrari and Toyota”

Now that the peace has been restored between FIA & GPMA [late last year] there really was no need to have GPMA. But we still think that it was a good and way of negotiating their demands with FIA, and GPMA should still be kept, albeit in shadows, only coming out strongly when absolutely needed. But Renault’s quitting it now might also indicate that GPMA was formed keeping short-timespan in mind.

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