The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, motorsport's governing body, has established a new motor sport commission designed to give the manufacturers' competing in the Formula One World Championship a means of communicating their views.

The creation of the commission is being seen as an attempt to try and give the manufacturers' a voice and further heal the rift between the FIA and the manufacturers', that had until recently threatened to see Formula One split into two rival series.

"The World Motor Sport Council has voted to establish a new motor sport Commission, the Formula One Manufacturers' Advisory Commission," said the FIA "Senior employees or officers from BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Ferrari, Honda, Renault and Toyota will be eligible for membership of the Commission and Professor Burkhard Goeschel has been invited to become its Chairman.

"The FIA will be represented, as required, by [FIA president] Max Mosley, [FIA technical delegate] Charlie Whiting, [FIA technical consultants] Tony Purnell and Peter Wright."

source - sportbusiness.com