Comments on: Ferrari to present case against FIA

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:47:19 +0000

Why didn’t they veto the ruling on two tier diffusers?

because they weren’t clever enough to see it in the rules …

By: luky

luky — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:13:30 +0000

contracts with tv’s are done by fom with f1 in view.

all other tv stations are free to deal with a new series.

By: djdaveyp

djdaveyp — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:03:47 +0000

What they need to do is sit down and actually work how they can reduce the amount f1 teams spend! they spend too much its a fact, and nobody new can afford to enter the sport the way it is at the moment.

They need to make it affordable so that if people drop out new teams can fill in, otherwise it will just dwindle and die as more and more teams can’t afford to stay in the sport!

If ferrari have to leave to bring the cost down, then let them go. I think it is a mistake on their part though, instead of yeilding childish threats like “i dont like this so i’ll leave”, how about the go ” i dont like this so ill make it better!” If they all work together they can make it cheaper but still as fun. Look at the budgets they ran amazing teams on in the 90′s!

By: scunnyman

scunnyman — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:02:23 +0000

Looking at that list you put up Win7Golf i’d have to say if you had a championship grid with those teams in and say a possible Mclaren and williams on the same grid without the other top teams it would be a shambles.

We would end up with a Formula One just LIke Champcar was in America just after they split into champcar and IRL. Champcar had Newman Haas and a load of rubbish as far as i could accertain.

I don’t want to watch a championship where all but 2 teams are lapped 20 times (exaggeration i know).

This saga needs a suitable conclusion for all parties. And i am afraid in my opinion if max mosley is going to carry on being stubborn then that will never happen.

Maybe Bernie will have to come along with sweeteners for the teams and Max. It would be a mistake to do a 2005 deal again because it would only delay the inevitable again. we would be back to this point in a few years time.

Just grow up people and get it sorted.

By: persempre

persempre — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:48:04 +0000

Maybe we should take a leaf out of the teams book & form our own association
The Formula 1 Fan Association.
F1FA?
No, we`d confuse the football lot. Easily done, you know

By: Win7Golf

Win7Golf — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:38:01 +0000

Ferrari lose cost cap injunction!
FIA triumph in the Paris courts…

The Italian team today claimed that a leaked entry list for the 2010 championship is more appropriate for a GP3 series than Formula One.

“Wirth Research, Lola, USF1, Epsilon Euskadi, RML, Formtech, Campos, iSport: these are the names of the teams, which should compete in the two-tier Formula One wanted by Mosley,” the team said on its official website.

“Can a World Championship with teams like them – with due respect – can have the same value as today’s Formula One, where Ferrari, the big car manufacturers and teams, who created the history of this sport, compete? Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to call it Formula GP3?”

Ferrari, along with Renault, Red Bull and Toyota are not expected to submit entries for the 2010 championship by the May 29th deadline.

Formula One is so dead… and that joke of a man is still there… dictating rules and schedules… God damn it!

By: Bigbadderboom

Bigbadderboom — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:06:35 +0000

It certainly would be interesting to know the specifics of the FOM contracts with the tv rights holders, I have said before that Bernie could be the big looser in this debacle.
Even if there were to be boycotts for a season I am sure this would effect the terms upon which these contracts were delivered.

By: luky

luky — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:53:52 +0000

this could be the end of ecclstone empire. he will have a lot of millionaire contracts in hand that worth a nearly zero in the near future.

a new series is doubtful because of the money and time available – but it surely can still have a go only in europe in the first year – a change on racing series is definitely a go.

don’t think ferrari will back of. nor renault, toyota – or germans bmw and mercedes – even red bull’s will pull out.

bye bernie i suppose.
and hope.

By: persempre

persempre — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:43:10 +0000

Agreed, scunnyman. As I`ve said elsewhere on here, now it`s time to see what other team(s) have the guts to stand up & take the flak & or which is the latest to have accepted an offer too good to refuse from M & B. Anyone want to place bets on the latter?
Looks more & more like I`ll be watching other series, doesn`t it?

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:41:44 +0000

Ferrari’s attempt to overrule FIA budget decision unsuccessful ……..as Nelson from the Simpsons would say ‘haa haa’