Max says `manufacturer` could sign ConcordeFIA president Max Mosley will author a column in the monthly British `F1 Racing` magazine throughout 2006.
Called `Grip `n` Spin`, the 65-year-old Englishman`s first entry is predictably about the need for cost saving in formula one, and the disinclination of the famed carmaker group.
Mosley, serving a new, third term as FIA chief that is not set to expire until late 2009, is a former team chief but also a qualified barrister, whose infamous father Oswald was imprisoned during World War II for leading a Fascist political party.
Another `manufacturer` is on the cusp of joining Bernie Ecclestone`s growing band of 2008 `Concorde` agreement signatories.
That`s the information straight out of the mouth of FIA president Max Mosley, sparking fresh speculation that Renault, Honda or Toyota could be about to follow Ferrari`s lead in breaking GPMA ranks.
It would be a killer blow to the carmakers` alliance, which could ultimately be left with only McLaren-Mercedes and BMW Sauber - both German manufacturers - to fill a `breakaway` grid.
Scoffing at their apparent plans, Mosley was quoted by the `Sport Bild` publication as saying three more private teams `and a manufacturer` are currently making enquires about siding with the Bernie/FIA camp.
With six teams already poised to sign Concorde, if Mosley`s additional four follow suit it would give the FIA F1 world championship a credible grid of twenty cars for 2008.
`Sport Bild` contends that David Richards` Prodrive, Roger Penske and Craig Pollock could be the private entries alluded to by Mosley, while cost-minded Renault - with FIA-supporter Flavio Briatore at the helm - is the most likely carmaker.
But F1`s Japanese contingent, Toyota and Honda, are also uncomfortable about the current paddock dispute.
Italy`s `La Gazzetta dello Sport` quoted Mosley as saying that Bernie has already signed up the `most important team` -- Ferrari.
``We also have Williams,`` he told the newspaper, ``which is a very prestigious and successful team.``
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