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Nine Formula One Grand Prix races have been
cancelled or postponed since the start of the season in
Melbourne last month and the next race on schedule is the French
GP on June 28.
"I'm sure that a lot of teams, suppliers, manufacturers, they
may have to review their programmes," Todt told Motorsport on
Thursday.
"They may be constrained to stop.
"I don't want to be too confident, but I hope a few team owners
or team sponsors will keep the motivation. That's why we must
make sure we don't discourage them, because they may say OK,
after all of that, what is the purpose? Do I still like it? Do I
still need it?"
Also speaking to French sports daily L'Equipe on Thursday, Todt
said the FIA would not rush the resumption of the season.
"We will not put anyone in danger to resume a championship," the
Frenchman explained.
"We will only resume when we have guarantees that the
contamination risk is zero."
Motorsport's philosophy will have to change, too, Todt added.
"We will have to restart from scratch and do things
differently," he said.
Teams have agreed to lower the 2021 budget cap from $175 million
to $150 million and L'Equipe reported that the FIA would be
pushing to further lower it down to $125 or $100 million.
"We will have to be determined because some are against the
proposals that are essential to the survival of the sport," said
Todt.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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