Comments on: F1 links: Mosley urges teams to enter

By: scunnyman

scunnyman — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:40:31 +0000

sorry persempre i replied to prisoner monkeys before i go to your reply

By: scunnyman

scunnyman — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:37:29 +0000

Why do most people think that if FOTA create a new series that they have to be referees too?
They could easily find an independent body to regulate their sport.

By: scunnyman

scunnyman — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:32:23 +0000

Yeah like anybody trusts Mosley anymore.

And now i have the image of the whirly eyed snake from jungle book with Max’s face.

Now when i sit down with my new daughter to watch that movie i’ll be seeing Max Mosley.

I just hope that by the time we do that Mosley will be a distant memory in the FIA.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:47:33 +0000

Thanks Journeyer – have added to today’s links: F1 links: FIA and FOTA reach deal – report

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:31:06 +0000

The war may be, just may be, coming to a close… for the moment, anyway:

http://twitter.com/5LiveF1/status/2091929190

By: persempre

persempre — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:24:39 +0000

Ross Brawn has said that his view of what F1 should be has more chance of coming to be with FOTA`s suggestions than with the FIA`s.
He also acknowledged that he wouldn`t be on the grid at all if it hadn`t been for the help given him by the manufacturers particularly, of course, Mercedes.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:53:43 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if Brawn and Red Bull are regretting their decision to stick with FOTA.

Initially the teams were upset that there would be a two tiered championship. Especially since the budget cap tier seemed to be the faster option as well.

With that out of the way only the budget cap itself is still an issue. I really can’t beleive that Red Bull or Brawn GP would be bothered too much if the budget cap was installed. They are essentially small teams and they would benefit most from a level playing field (just like Williams and Force India).

The car manufacturers can only win through bigger budgets. That’s how they always work. Of course they will fight a budget cap to the death since it in effect kills their competitive edge. Under a budget cap potentially any team could develop a winner. There would then be no extra money to throw at it to win back some time.

By: persempre

persempre — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:32:29 +0000

No it`s far from good for the sport.
This time is slightly different, though, because Max has pushed it too far.
He wants to play with his own life sized set of Dinky Toys.

By: Dougie

Dougie — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:53:04 +0000

Paul Tracys a bit of a whinger maybe, but I wouldn’t go as far as to call him a girl!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:41:09 +0000

Keith hope you are kidding about covering Indy Car but let me help you. The winner of the Indy 500 turned left 800 times and raced against 3 girls!