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Title: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: Delboy on June 19, 2009, 01:07:22 AM I can't believe the FIA have let this happen http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Formula-One-Eight-Teams-To-Form-Rival-Championship-And-Will-Not-Compete-In-F1-In-2010/Article/200906315312027?f=vg Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: totalise on June 19, 2009, 01:18:02 AM surprising, I thought teams like Red Bull/Brawn GP were masively in favour of budget caps. I guess its possible to be both in favour of it and to still leave F1, but still its surprising to see such an uprising.
How annoyed must those new teams be to spend all that money setting up a new team and have it end up they are joining a championship with no-one in it! Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: Woodsey on June 19, 2009, 01:24:11 AM Brinkmanship FTW.......
They will be back. Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: thetank on June 19, 2009, 02:06:32 AM The breakaway championship
Are the papers calling it F2? Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: Woodsey on June 19, 2009, 02:15:18 AM The breakaway championship Are the papers calling it F2? Formula Elite or something similar probably Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: Dino on June 19, 2009, 06:11:18 AM The breakaway championship That would be confusing,the second round of the F2 championship is at Brno this weekend,but then the papers are unaware motorsport exists outside F1.Are the papers calling it F2? Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: neeko on June 19, 2009, 07:47:24 AM As ever the only people who will win are the lawyers.
There are 3 boxers in the ring, FOTA, FIA and Bernie (FOM) and as ever I am sure there will be only one winner - Bernie. He has contacts with everyone, including the circuits, sponsors and teams, the new teams will be only allowed to race in the circuits that are left, Zanfort (Holland), South Africa, Estorial (Portugal) none of which are really up to F1 spec. Equally the only sponsors left will be Happy Moon Chinese take away. They will be back for 2010 - 2012, beyond that is more debatable when the main contacts are finished. Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: boldie on June 19, 2009, 08:19:11 AM [ ] This will go ahead.
[ ] Neither Bernie nor FOTA will back down Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: EvilPie on June 19, 2009, 08:41:28 AM It's just a case of who breaks first Bernie or the teams.
Without those 8 teams F1 is dead so if they stick to their guns they should get the budget cap lifted. What do people think of the budget cap? Personally I think it's ridiculous. All it will do is make all the cars a bit more equal. Now I know that people think they want that but if they're honest they probably don't. If everybody really wanted all the cars on an equal plane they'd stop watching F1 and watch A1 instead. Unfortunately that's crap so it's not an option. F1 is supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsport. How can teams be expected to maintain this if they aren't allowed to spend money on research? Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: TheChipPrince on June 19, 2009, 09:06:12 AM F1 does a 'darts'!
Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: fatshaft on June 19, 2009, 09:20:46 AM F1 does a 'darts'! F1 does an IRL/CART would be more pertinent, and look what happened there.Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: AndrewT on June 19, 2009, 09:22:40 AM F1 does a 'darts'! I look forward to the starting grid in F1 next season featuring Mike Gregory and Bobby George whilst Eric Bristow and Keith Deller line up for Ferrari. Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: fatshaft on June 19, 2009, 09:23:05 AM It's just a case of who breaks first Bernie or the teams. Budget cap and more equality are fine by me, works perfectly well in America. Without those 8 teams F1 is dead so if they stick to their guns they should get the budget cap lifted. What do people think of the budget cap? Personally I think it's ridiculous. All it will do is make all the cars a bit more equal. Now I know that people think they want that but if they're honest they probably don't. If everybody really wanted all the cars on an equal plane they'd stop watching F1 and watch A1 instead. Unfortunately that's crap so it's not an option. F1 is supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsport. How can teams be expected to maintain this if they aren't allowed to spend money on research? Why people don't watch A1, is because it's second rate drivers that no-one has heard of, in a brand new championship with no meaning or history. Sky would have been better getting hold of F2 and bumming that up, or World TOuring Cars perhaps than wasting time with this second rate nonsense. Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: TheChipPrince on June 19, 2009, 09:28:22 AM F1 does a 'darts'! I look forward to the starting grid in F1 next season featuring Mike Gregory and Bobby George whilst Eric Bristow and Keith Deller line up for Ferrari. Les 'McDanger' Wallace too, if he's out of jail... Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: Rod Paradise on June 19, 2009, 09:37:40 AM The breakaway championship Are the papers calling it F2? I tihnk the plan is to call it the FU2. Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: Delboy on June 19, 2009, 07:11:03 PM It looks like there were plans for a breakaway championship in 2004.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_World_Championship But Bernie paid off a few people, and it went away. This time the teams seem more serious. I think it will come back together a couple of years down the line. Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: bigusdikus on June 21, 2009, 01:00:41 PM i think the break away will happen
webber should win today Title: Re: F1 teams leaving!!!!! Post by: pokerfan on June 24, 2009, 03:56:07 PM i think the break away will happen http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Formula-One-FIA-And-FOTA-Agree-Deal-To-Avoid-F1-Breakaway-Threatened-By-Teams-Max-Mosley-Says/Article/2009064153171webber should win today |