I think the problem is that the FIA and Max need to take some time to get the budget cap right for everyone but I am starting to think that maybe Max and the FIA have got it into there heads that time is running out, ill come back to that point later.

What I think the FIA should do is to take the current set of teams and give them a budget cap of say £100 million and over the course of lets say 5 years bring it down to a level that the FIA want and that new teams coming into the sport feel happy with. This may mean it is a number of years before we see grid sizes increase but it will mean that most of the current teams will still be involved and will be able to make the necessary cut backs at a rate they feel comfortable with and should mean the budget cap won't have to massive impact on the quality of the racing.

This would also mean any new team would have a far better idea of the business model they would need to operate and so should find joining the sport a lot easier as they won't be the first ones to run under a budget cap.

It also means that areas such as the enforcement of the budget cap and any technical changes can be properly tested so that the sport will avoid facing any problems all at once which would probably happen if next years plans go ahead and there would be no two-tier f1 in place.

Unfortunately this won't happen because of the reason I alluded to above which is time, or rather the lack of it. I believe there are 2 reasons why the FIA think there are against the clock when it comes to the budget cap. Firstly Max Mosley has always dreamed of a budget cap for F1 and so if he does not run for president again this year then he wants a budget cap in place before he goes or else it will never get done.

Secondly the recession won't last for ever and as soon as the economy starts to pick up again then teams aren't going to be interested in a budget cap, or at the very least a lenient one, so the FIA have to act now before it is 2 late and the opportunity to impose a cap has gone along with the possibilities of new teams.

Wow with that amount of analysis and reading between the lines maybe I should start my own column, what do you think?