Racing Roundup News & notes

May 16, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

FORMULA ONE: Formula One teams failed to resolve the dispute over a proposed budget cap in a meeting Friday with FIA president Max Mosley, and Ferrari took legal action in a French court to stop the measure. Team owners met with Mosley and F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone at a London hotel to discuss a proposal that many teams believe will create a two-tier championship. The FIA wants a voluntary $60-million budget cap starting next season.

LOOSE BRICKS: Indianapolis Motor Speedway threw a real surprise at the drivers Friday. Loose bricks. The problem, which occurred in the front straightaway underneath the flag stand, prompted track workers to scramble into position for repair work and track officials to end practice 17 minutes early.

INDY EXPANSION: The list of car-driver combinations at Indianapolis keeps expanding. Former pole winner Bruno Junqueira is expected to be named the driver of Conquest Racing’s No. 36 car, according to a person with knowledge of the deal but who requested anonymity because it had not yet been announced. That would pair Quebec’s Alex Tagliani, a rookie, and Junqueira, a Brazilian, as teammates.

Associated Press