Max Mosley reckons it's "more likely than not" that Honda will find a buyer for their F1 team and make this year's starting grid.
Honda put their F1 team up for sale at the end of last year due to financial reasons. The team, though, has yet to be sold and with less than two months to go before the start of the new season time is fast running out.
Mosley, though, believes there's still a good chance that Honda will make the starting grid in Melbourne.
"I have no inside knowledge but my feeling from all the circumstances is that it is more likely than not," the FIA President told Reuters.
"Talking to the people around the team, they seem optimistic. But they always are until the moment comes.
"They (team principal Brawn and chief executive Nick Fry) may succeed. They are both very competent people."
But should Honda fail to find a buyer, the 68-year-old has downplayed the impact it will have on Formula One.
"It wouldn't actually be damaging, I think it would make everyone realise finally that there really is a problem," he said. "There are one or two people who still don't understand.
"I don't think it would matter provided we could lay out a plan for 2010 that makes it possible for a small team to run competitively and do so without losing money.
"I think the days of the billionaires who piss money away are gone."
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