Honda team boss sees F1 peace on the horizon
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-12-08 09:35

"It's not a defeat for anyone but a reflection of how much has been achieved by the group (of manufacturers)... more money and better regulation were the two objectives and having done that we should get rid of the threat."

Fry said he understood Frank Williams' position.

"Williams clearly are not a car manufacturer...Frank's running an independent team and I think stability for the future is clearly very important to them.

"There's no hard feelings and it wasn't a big surprise.

"I think the other reason why it's not really a particularly big issue is that discussions between the teams and the FIA and (Ecclestone's) FOM have been progressing very well over the last few weeks.

"There's still work to do but in my view it's headed in the right direction and if we can resolve those issues which remain then a situation of stability is on the horizon," he said.

"There were earlier this year a number of genuine issues and it's not just the money issue. It was issues to do with the direction of governance of the sport and in the main those have now been resolved.

"I think we need to go into next season concentrating on the racing, the sport, the entertainment and I see no reason why that shouldn't be the case."