A deal has been reached

Humphrey The Pug · A deal has been reached

It looks as though there won't now be a breakaway and a deal has been reached between the teams and the FIA.

http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5398764,00.html

TBH I thought this may eventually happen anyway.

Eff One

Hmm. It's on Autosport as well, and they don't normally jump the gun on things like this... but let's wait and see what the teams say.

"him"

I am glad -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8116756.stm

Big TC

Well, that's one hat I don't have to eat....

Boxer6

Eff One

Looks like it's confirmed, then: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76498

Thank Christ for that.

Now if we could just keep the British GP at Silverstone, bring back Montreal and keep the Japanese GP permanently at Suzuka, F1 would look in pretty good shape.

Mike Amos

Now it's time for Bernie to go. I know he will not reduce the cost of holding a gp to realistic levels so if he could also take a long walk off a short plank it would be all set for forward movement. One out of two is not too shabby though.

Sav

Looks like the old fucker cannot help himself: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76529

LEAVE.

DaveGibson

Max and his cronies still seem determined to screw things up.

"However when Brawn arrived at the Nürburgring, where both the Sporting and Technical working groups were due to meet for just such a purpose, he was told his opinion was of no regulatory value since his team was not technically entered into the 2010 championship."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/...of-Formula-One-split-returns.html

the other ct

There is also a rumour that the three new teams granted entry into F1 in 2010 were only allowed in because they agreed/forced/persuaded to use Cosworth engines. This was obviously a political tactic so any new teams wouldn’t be tied to a manufacturer. Giving FIA the upper hand.

Might explain why prodrive were overlooked.

Boxer6

It's all getting exceedingly tedious, is it not?

I confess to not watching F1 these days, Button's success notwithstanding, and all this petulant fuck-wittedness from both sides does nothing to endear the sport to me again.

WRC, MotoGP.... two examples of motorsport (relatively) unencumbered with such nonsense and extremely entertaining to boot!

Sav

So Max agrees a new deal with teams, then says that they are not entered for next years championship? I think a FOTA series would be rather good, it would include all the famous teams and drivers and new entrants, and the new entrants would not be forced to use Cosworth engines as well: http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=38350

Eff One

Christ on a pony, what a mess!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76778

They all seem utterly intent on kicking themselves - and us - in the balls. Repeatedly.

TimR

Sav

I still find F1 interesting, in the sense that the cars are the quickest machines around a road course, and sound unique. I like a lot of the drivers too, but there are other series out there with plenty of good racing.

Series like WTCC, GP2 and DTM give fans what they want, exciting racing. These series are just as professional as F1, just without the politics. Max has not cared about the fans for ages now, he thrives in taking people to court instead and being stubborn.

This is why I want a FOTA series, its about time that the pinnacle of motorsport had a fresh start, but not so different from F1 ( similar cars, drivers etc) that it confuses fans. From what some publications have been saying, even if Max does go, his influence will be there for years to come. So the new president could just be Max's protege.

And what sort of joke will F1 be next year? You can imagine, the reigning world champions (Brawn) not even in F1.