The ongoing political wrangling between Formula One's teams over the future of the Resource Restriction Agreement is set to continue for another few weeks, after further talks in Brazil failed to reach any sort of satisfactory solution.
The RRA has been the subject of a number of debates between the teams, with the cost-cutting proposal proving to be a bone of contention between the members of the Formula One Teams' Association.A fresh round of discussions took place on Friday in Brazil, after they were cancelled in Abu Dhabi for logistical reasons.
However, no final agreement was reached, and reports have now suggest that F1's big teams will now stage separate talks between themselves to try and find a proposal acceptable to the rest of FOTA.
According to Autosport, Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes GP and Renault are all set to consider a new proposal, after a variation of the current RRA proposed by Red Bull was rejected by the other teams.
Speaking in the Friday press conference, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said that the RRA had been taken away from FOTA in order for the bigger teams to find a solution.
"We met this morning and it has been decided that the RRA has effectively been taken out of FOTA for the time being, to try and achieve a solution," he explained on Friday.
He went on: "I think it's important to try; I think an RRA is important for Formula One and I think all the teams are unanimous on that.
"I think the thing that isn't quite clear is how to achieve it in a way that fits everybody's business models, that some of the teams are different."
He added that as far as he was concerned, he was eager to ensure that the RRA covered all aspects of the team's work on the car, including engines.
"I think the key thing for us is that the treatment and transparency of it is consistent and obvious and probably needs to go beyond the chassis and incorporate the engine as well," he mused.
"You can't cherry-pick, you need to look at the package as a whole."
He also insisted that: "From a Red Bull point of view we're keen to find a solution and we're hopeful that one can be found between now and the end of 2011."
The RRA was originally brought into the sport in 2010 by the teams as a means of controlling costs by limiting the use of certain resources and staff.
The current dispute has been seen as key to the future of FOTA, with the team alliance seen as a crucial part of future negotiations over a new Concorde Agreement.
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