All this fuss in the news today about a breakaway organisation - have Max Moseley and Bernie Ecclestone come to the end of their times in their organisations? 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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I think Mosley has a big chip on his shoulder or winning the court case with the Sun has gone to his head. What has been strange is that Bernie has been very quiet over the last few weeks..... but without all those teams F1 would not be the same. RRS TDV8 HSE 2007- JAVA Black/Black interior,
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Bernie is sitting on the fence - I'm sure he'll remain in the thick of it, whatever the outcome

If the rival series does go ahead I for one will be following that instead of FIA version......F1 will definately survive I just don't think it'll be the FIA version.

Who is going to pay £300 to watch a lot of teams that no-one's ever heard of when FOTA are promising their series will be cheaper for the fans and will have the well known teams and drivers.....  Current: I can't say...Oh the Shame!
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Sasha your avatar gives me a headache

Full steam ahead, the fans can only be the winners this time round, more choice, more value

lespes wrote:

Full steam ahead, the fans can only be the winners this time round, more choice, more value

Just like the Premiership league in football.....NOT

SachaR wrote:

HAHA.... Its working!!!

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Bex

Are you saying we should have different divisions in F1

As long as theres racing (F1 Style) ish that will do me.

And remember money talks..............

Some coverage from JamesAllenf1.com. I just wish he covered F1 like this on the itv. It really is a good site. He seems well connected.

Lunchtime update from Silverstone
June 19, 2009 by James Allen
There is a lot of activity going on at Silverstone, following the announcement by FOTA that they are commencing preparations for a breakaway series.
No-one on the FOTA side is saying how much preparation has already been done, but I gather that one of the team principals has been on the phone to several tracks which have recently hosted F1 events and are no longer hosting events, like Indianapolis, Montreal, Silverstone.
Ferrari owns Mugello, while Imola is ready to host these cars again after a major refurbishment. The teams seem to feel that the logistics of putting a new series together are not as much of a problem as is being suggested, especially getting the tracks and track operations together. The TV deals would be the tricky bit.
The talk here in the paddock is of the new teams, like Lola, Prodrive who are next on the FIA’s waiting list. They are apparently moving towards FOTA, N Technology has withdrawn from FIA list and Prodrive has put some conditions on its participation.
What FOTA is hoping is that the entry list Max Mosley will take to next Wednesday’s world council meeting will feature fewer teams than are currently in F1 and three of them (Ferrari, Red Bull and Toro Rosso) will be on the list against their will.
Then a challenge would be launched against Mosley’s presidency. FOTA have put themselves in a position where the only way forward with the FIA world championship is if Mosley is not in his current role.
There was a rumour going around that Luca di Montezemolo had been quoted as saying that FOTA is seeking Mosley’s removal, but this has been categorically denied by Ferrari.
Mosley is about to release a statement, apparently, after the end of the second practice session.
The FIA has said it is announcing its entry list tomorrow.
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