Standard engine just one 'option'

(GMM) F1's governing body has responded to reports it is trying to impose a standard engine formula for 2010 and beyond.

After the FIA announced it has put out to tender plans for a third party to supply an engine and transmission design, it was interpreted that the Paris body envisages this controversial route as the future of the sport.

But in documentation released to the media on Monday, the FIA made clear that the plans for 2010-2012 are only intended as a possible "interim" solution ahead of a totally new engine formula for 2013.

Moreover, the documents say that another "option" for F1's manufacturers is to supply powertrains to small teams "for less than 5 million euros per team per season".