Ferrari are a strange bunch all talk but no play. They've done it before in the 80s if I remember, they built an indycar and threatened to go over there and leave F1.
I'm not sure if they will leave or not. They'll most likely get their own way . Yeah if they did want to leave don't you think they have enough money to buy out of their contract with the FIA?
Well plenty of teams signing up, who knows even more teams may decide to sign up in the years to come, I think eventually we will end up with too many cars for the grid if the budget caps go ahead.
But a split in the series will only do damage, Mosely dosen't seem to know or care about that.
The best thing to do for the good of F1 would be to make some compromises and hopefully meet some kind of agreement with everyone mid-way, Mosely obviously isn't interested in the good of F1, its more as if he's desperate to prove and stamp his authority on everyone, perhaps hes paranoid that everyone wants rid of him, he certainly should be.
There was a time when F1 was full of small teams, many of them Privateers running old works cars, many of them entering perhaps only one or two races a season, if ever.
Its just the last 15 odd years, where rising budgets have put costs out of range of these small outfits.
That'll be the same contract which says Ferrari have the power to veto on any new rule, such as say a 2-tier rulebook?
If the FIA can get away with ignoring legal contracts, im sure Ferrari can.
I thought Brabham was bought from Bernie in 1988 by a Japanese company using a massive loan which they had no hope of ever paying back, causing them to go bust in 1992 and taking the loan company with them.
Funny how March is coming back, seeing as Max Mosely was one of the founders of March, perhaps Max wants to fill the grid with teams that he can actually control.
Yes... However...
Ferrari has been ruled in breach of that contract and to have lost their right to veto major changes by forming the FOTA and essentially being in the opposition of the governing body. One of the terms in that contract was that Ferrari was to remain 'loyal to the FIA'. By forming the FOTA they gave up that loyalty and with that their right to veto decisions made by the FIA during the time in which they were involved in FOTA.
They were also ordered to compete in the 2010 and 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship by the court.
So, While the contract is as close to not existing as it will ever be, they've been ordered to stay and can't leave F1 for 2 years.
They do have some Lotusness in that Nino Judge is ex-Lotus, and Jonny Herbert will be a driver coach. Hopefully they can get Lotus Road Cars to agree and have a formal relationship.
Litespeed's operation is just up the road. We visited to get tips from them because they used to run a Dallara F398 in ARP F3 (now BRSCC F3, formerly ClubF3). Apart from a bit more money and a few extra staff they didn't have much more expertise or ability than my Dad and I at home in our workshop.
I just don't see how an F3 team run by amateurs (albeit competent ones) will be able to make it in F1. It's not even as if they are any good in F3, running the rubbish 5 year old R1 chassis in the National Class...
My Dad and I would be just as good as an F1 entrant - read, not very.
It's odd cos Lotus is still a very very small company, they wouldn't provide much technical support to the team, and frankly Litespeed is just unheard of....personally.
. Yeah if they did want to leave don't you think they have enough money to buy out of their contract with the FIA?
