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Berger: We will not compromise

Scuderia Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger has said that the team is not interested to think about a compromise solution in the Spyker-Toro Rosso issue where Spyker believes Toro Rosso is using an illegal car.

On Thursday Spyker filed a complaint against the Italian team as Toro Rosso's car would have been designed by Red Bull Racing. Bernie Ecclestone suggested to organise a meeting with all team bosses to see if they can find a compromise. But Berger is not interested whatsoever. "There is no compromise solution," he told autosport.com. "Either we are right or wrong. We have already (been offered) several times from Kolles something to base something on, but is this the solution? No. If we are not right, we have to do it different. And if we are right then we do not have to do anything different."

"I think it is the principle. F1 is not something where in the end you fix something with money. You have a regulation, interpretation, possibilities, you stretch everything to the limits, but it should be right or wrong. And Max or Bernie should say it is right or wrong. At this moment Kolles doesn't accept them so he says it is not enough for me, a normal court has to say. So we are fine to go the way with a normal court."

"Is it frustrating? No. We have to deal with it. I try to be not emotional at all. I try to understand his (Kolles') point as long as it is correct, but it is fine for me to have different opinions. That is the nature of competition, to have different opinions.The only thing where I am struggling is that we all agree that we have FIA to be the body to control if something goes out of the regulations or is in the regulations, to react at the time, and they do that very much.

"On this side he says he does not accept the FIA - that is the frustrating thing. If this would be the case in the future then everything would be decided in a normal court."

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