FIA President Max Mosley has floated the idea of a new manufacturers’ points table system, according to yesterday’s “Guardian” newspaper.

Mosley sent a letter to all teams before the Monaco Grand Prix detailing the proposal, which would see carmakers being able to select a second team to supply engines to alongside their works arrangement. The second supplied team could then score points towards their works tally in the new manufacturers’ standings.

The idea being implemented could see Sauber, which is supplied by Ferrari on a customer basis, score points for the Scuderia and Arrows, which is supplied by Cosworth also on a customer contract, score points for Jaguar, which currently shares a supply of CR3 V10s with Arrows.

Radical engine regulations introduced in 2004 will restrict teams to only one-engine-per-driver-per-weekend. The FIA sees this new rule as an opportunity for existing constructors in the sport and prospective manufacturers to supply two teams at the cost of a current supply deal because of the lower overheads.

This would also double their exposure, and that could be appealing to big players currently not intending to enter F1, such as Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest carmaker.