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Ferrari injunction verdict on Wednesday

An injunction sought by Ferrari to prevent the FIA from introducing a budget cap in 2010 will be decided on Wednesday according to a French court. Ferrari is trying to stop the FIA from introducing the budget cap as of next season.

"A decision on the matter will be announced tomorrow at 14:00 (Paris local time)," court president Jacques Gondrand de Robert told Reuters after Tuesday's hearing in Paris.

A number of Formula 1 teams have threatened to quit Formula 1 if the FIA will introduced the proposed rules for next season. According to one of Ferrari's lawyers the new rules wouldn't be fair. He said: "It is as if in a 100 metres race, some run 100 metres and others 80 metres in a sandbag. It is a 'coup de force' (from the FIA)."

According to FIA lawyer Hughes Calvet though F1 needs to take action so it will not lose more teams from the gird. "We must give something to those who are ready to cap their budget," he said. "These new regulations are essential for the sport's survival."

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