AarheadC
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The FIA were asking for this for a long time. It's kinda sad with all the history behind F1, but othewise I say this is good news.
It happened to CART. I'm not too sure this is just a cloud of rhetoric anymore. There are monetary interests in Formula One that the teams need to look after, and this whole debate started because the teams felt that these interests were threatened by the new set of regulations.I can't see this happening - it's all part of the rhetoric and game of brinkmanship the FIA & FOTA are playing. This will drag on for a while, there'll be claims and counterclaims, but I'd be hugely surprised if we don't see McLaren, Ferrari et al on the grid at Melbourne next year as part of the official F1 championship.
N.Technology withdraws F1 application
By Steven English and Pablo Elizalde Friday, June 19th 2009, 09:16 GMT
Italian squad N.Technology has withdrawn its application to enter Formula 1 in 2010.
N.Technology was one of several teams who were on the reserve list after not being included on the original one released last week by the FIA.
However, AUTOSPORT understands the team has decided to inform Formula 1's ruling body that it has withdrawn its application because the circumstances have changed since it applied and it no longer wants to be involved in a sport without the major manufacturers.
The move comes after the Formula One Teams' Association announced plans for a breakaway championship after failing to reach a compromise deal with the FIA.
N.Technology follows Lola in withdrawing its application this week.
I wouldn't be surprised if all the teams who have signed up an entry now withdraws it, just as Lola and N. Technology. No team would want to sign up to F1 without the big teams.
I wouldn't be surprised if all the teams who have signed up an entry now withdraws it, just as Lola and N. Technology. No team would want to sign up to F1 without the big teams.
I'm sure we'll see F1 in 2010 with the FOTA teams. It's just a matter of watching all the gamesmanship unfold.
We'll see it... IF Spanky is removed in September. And he's got the support of the auto clubs of Zimbabwe et al, so he'll stay there, unfortunately.
Perhaps Mosley's terrible handling of this whole political meltdown will make him think twice about running for re-election in a couple of weeks.
I got an email from a media colleague at the circuit earlier and her description of Spanky was 'Mad Max is a senile old bat'
It's hugely satisfying seeing the new teams pull out - nothing better than seeing Mosley's stubbornness blow up in his face.
FIA to take legal action against FOTA
Formula One governing body the FIA has annouced that it is to take instant legal action towards Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) representatives, following the latter's announcement to form a breakaway series on Friday. The FIA, headed by Max Mosley, stressed that recent actions of teams - with emphasis on Ferrari - will lead to 'legal proceedings without delay'.
Following a FOTA meeting at Renault's Enstone base on Thursday evening, the group announced early on Friday from Silverstone that all eight teams included (all current teams apart from Williams and Force India) would be forming a breakaway series for 2010 as a result of failing to find a compromise over the ongoing budget cap-relating issue.
The FIA's Friday statement of response is as follows:
'The FIA's lawyers have now examined the FOTA threat to begin a breakaway series. The actions of FOTA as a whole, and Ferrari in particular, amount to serious violations of law including wilful interference with contractual relations, direct breaches of Ferrari's legal obligations and a grave violation of competition law. The FIA will be issuing legal proceedings without delay.
Preparations for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship continue but publication of the final 2010 entry list will be put on hold while the FIA asserts its legal rights.'