Formula One bosses continue march to war

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Formula One is moving from one battle to the next as all out war beckons over how the sport's monetary spoils are divided.

The guns have rarely been silent since Max Mosley fought off concerns about a sex scandal to retain his position as the FIA's president earlier this month.

Formula One rights holder Bernie Ecclestone and McLaren boss Ron Dennis were quick to suggest a breakaway competition was a possibility and drivers are furious about hikes in their license fees, some even suggesting a strike is possible.

The sport's penchant for internecine disputes is alive and kicking furiously.

Moreover, a Wednesday meeting of the FIA's World Motor Sport Council in Paris is unlikely to lead to a fresh detente.

Mosley is expected to recommend the group should not negotiate with Ecclestone until he agrees to a rethink on the way the sport's revenues are shared.

Ecclestone is highly unlikely to agree to any changes that see his companies get less money from the sport.

"If Max comes back and says we should give more money to teams, I will tell him to mind his own bloody business," he recently said.

Ecclestone has been seeking his own changes -- he says barely cosmetic -- to the contracts that govern the relationship between his companies (which effectively control the sport's financial wealth) and the FIA.

Mosley, meanwhile, has been issuing warnings that Ecclestone is intent on taking the entire sport over.

The pair, who have worked together for 40 years, have apparently barely talked since Mosley retained his position.

According to reports, Mosley is seeking a new deal with Ecclestone that would see the teams share the majority of race fees and two thirds of the television revenues. They currently receive 50 percent.

The promise of more money would no doubt appeal to the teams, who have distanced themselves from Mosley since the UK's News of the World newspaper published the sex allegations, but crossing Ecclestone is a move fraught with risk.

He has already warned that the European Commission would intervene if the FIA pushed for more money (he would no doubt raise it with them), as under current regulations Ecclestone's company -- Formula One Management -- is responsible for the managing the income and the FIA the rules.

It is building up to be a long fight.

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