Comments on: Mosley: F1 may go to Silverstone in 2010

By: PJA

PJA — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:02:42 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if Ferrari’s contract did have some sort of exclusivity clause to do with F1, because there have been threats of splits in the past such as the GPMA earlier this decade, what effectively killed that off was Ferrari breaking ranks and signing with the FIA.

By: manatcna

manatcna — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:15:52 +0000

“Whoever would make the decision to skip Britain would be a lunatic.”

Well, Mosley is, anyway

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:03:42 +0000

The exclusivity question is interesting in other ways too. Lets say Ferrari is forced to run F1 next year because they are in fact contractually obligated to do so. Is there anything that say’s Ferrari can’t run in both series? Teams can be in multiple types of autosport, and its not like anyone knew this would happen when the contract was written, so it won’t specifically exclude FOTA races. If that’s the case, and they can run in both, if I was Ferrari that’s exactly what I would do, and what I think the other FOTA teams should encourage them to do. With the teams left in F1, Ferrari could easily just run a half hearted effort with two rookie drivers in F1, moving Massa & Kimi to the FOTA circuit. This would give Ferrari the opportunity to publicly position F1 as a step below FOTA and show they were treating it like a developmental series. Done right this could be a tremendous blow to the FIA offering.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:59:17 +0000

Almost all of the tracks run other races throughout the year (basically Turkey is the only one that doesn’t). So the F1 race isn’t the exclusive race on the track. The big question is does the contract say it’s the only “open wheel race”, etc. I doubt it though, as there are GP2, Formula Renault, etc. races that have run at all these tracks over the years.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:56:41 +0000

Monaco has already publicly said there will be no F1 race next year if there is a split.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:53:48 +0000

This could all be a ploy to prevent Silverstone from booking the FOTA championship next year. If I was deciding what to do for the FOTA, the first thing I would do is put Silverstone on the schedule.

By: BobH

BobH — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:54:07 +0000

The only logical reason Silverstone is being offered a race in 2010 now is that Bernie, with MM, is trying to stitch up the spare circuits to prevent FOTA getting a critical mass of circuits. There is no change of heart about the original Donnington decision – it is just part of a desperate scramble to stop FOTA.

By: antonyob

antonyob — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:46:22 +0000

god i hate joe publics idea that any idea is better than the kings. yeh hes a megalomaniac yeh Moseley is probably well off his peak but jeesuz H do we really need to get rid of a man who ran an f1 team, is a barrister and who ran a sport that went from minority interest to 3rd most watched sport in the world behind the olympics and the world cup ( btw they occur once every 4 years)

grow tf up, know your history, know what the sport was before Ecclestone sorted it out. NO SPORT can acceptably deal with the scrutiny todays 24 7 media puts it under. But in a sport the media still deems contemptuously as rich boys getting “inside cars fast and women faster”- they havent a chance. Make up your mind based on what you have watched over the last 1-30 years not what the Daily Mail say. ( and if you have watched less than 10 years – shut up for a bit)

No man sets up a highly expensive project to try and get cars to overtake who doesnt understand the sport. Just as his hand on the tiller of increasing safety saved Sutil from injury today and countless others from death, give kers a chance, give the aero changes a chance. The man is one of us, well he is one of the people i call us anyway. I dont know who the rest of you are but lemmings springs to mind.

By: Steve_P

Steve_P — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:53:05 +0000

There has never been any doubt in my mind that Britain would hold a GP. Whoever would make the deicision to skip Britain would be a lunatic.

By: Bud

Bud — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:37:48 +0000

Grovel ,grovel,grovel.
Why did this come to mind,

“Yes, well, that’s the sort of philistine pig ignorance I’ve come to expect from you non-creative garbage. You sit there on your loathsome, spotty behind, squeezing blackheads and not giving a tinker’s cuss for us ‘fans’. You excrement! You whining, hypocritical toadie with your color TV set and your Tony Jacklin golf clubs. Well I wouldn’t become an ‘FIA President’ now if you got down on your lousy, stinking, purulent knees and begged me!”