The FIA could be willing to help keep the British Grand Prix on the Formula One calendar, according to Max Mosley.
Silverstone will host its final British Grand Prix this year after Donington Park secured a 10-year deal last year. The owners of the Leicestershire track has promised a £100 million revamp of the circuit, and are confident it will be ready to host the 2010 British GP. However, Bernie Ecclestone has previously made it clear that he won't hesitate to cancel the British GP should Donington Park run into trouble.
Mosley, though, says the FIA will do all it can to help secure the future of traditional races like the British Grand Prix.
"We have an arrangement with Bernie whereby we won't have a calendar that eliminates the traditional events without our agreement, and the traditional events... there is some argument about it," he is quoted by Autosport.
"The traditional were the six that were in the Championship in 1950 and have been there ever since: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Monaco and Belgium. But so far, there has never been an ASN coming to us saying we have got a problem, so if they do then we will have to look at it.
"The thing is that our deal with Bernie says he cannot cancel one of those races without our agreement, which must not be unreasonably withheld. Clearly if someone said to Bernie 'I am a traditional race I am going to give you $100' and we will say, 'you can't do that'.
"But equally if they were paying the going rate and he wanted to chop them to go somewhere for $100 million we would say you cannot do that... It depends what the going rate was and we would ask Bernie for his comments."
