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If Mosley is not president by October, it will only be because he's been stabbed in the back or pushed out.

Or killed

[brentrh]

I this battle causes a split in F1 the fans loose. I remember when the Indy 500 was a great race, then CART and Indy split. and it has never been the same sense. 33 cars all the same chassis and motor that is sad. I spent part of my youth in Germany. I listened to the Indy 500 on Armed Forces Radio Network. I remember how excited I was that these guys from Formula 1 were racing at Indy with F1 type cars (engine in the rear) which I fell in love with when I went to The Ring to see the Grand Prix of Germany. Over regulation can destroy racing. Max needs to step down immediately, FOTA and FIA should not be versing each other. They should be working together with all teams who can afford the cost of fielding a team.

[myownalias]

The longer FOTA delay in starting up a rival series; the more the ball moves in the FIA's court. But at the same time the FIA need to make a decision to allow the new teams time to get it together before next March. The longer this dispute goes on; the more fans that will simply give up on either series!

I don't think that FOTA delaying moves the ball into the FIA's court. I believe that it will be easier and quicker for FOTA to create a breakaway series than it would be for the FIA to replace the FOTA teams to create a viable championship.

I doubt that FOTA can't throw a 15 - 18 race calendar, sponsorship, rules and technical regulations and commercial TV and press deals together in a matter of months. It seems like an awful lot to put together in that time frame; unless of course they have the backbone already in place ready for a split! But as brentrh pointed out; the big loser will be the fans as we are looking at repeating mistake of the Indy/CART split and allowing F2 or A1GP to become the dominant force in motorsport! Manufacturers are too fickle to stick around if it doesn't benefit their commercial interests, which is why I believe that any manufacturer championship is doomed!

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I doubt that FOTA can't throw a 15 - 18 race calendar, sponsorship, rules and technical regulations and commercial TV and press deals together in a matter of months. It seems like an awful lot to put together in that time frame; unless of course they have the backbone already in place ready for a split!

Thats what i think, and what Max Mosely knows, which is probably a reason for him being so stubborn.

[bud]

If Mosley is not president by October, it will only be because he's been stabbed in the back or pushed out.

Or killed

pushed out infront of a train? does he take the underground?

[headless]

If Mosley is not president by October, it will only be because he's been stabbed in the back or pushed out.

Or killed

pushed out infront of a train? does he take the underground?

We can only hope.

Actually thats harsh.

[EwanM]

Ecclestone vows to sort F1 in 48 hours

By Jonathan Noble Monday, July 13th 2009, 07:56 GMT http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76942

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said that he is going nowhere - as he quashed rumours on Monday that he was getting sidelined and instead vowed to sort out the sport's future in the next 48 hours.

After a weekend of speculation pointed towards Ecclestone being moved aside to make way for a more direct involvement in F1 by its commercial rights holders CVC, the man himself has broken his silence on the matter.

He has instead declared that he will play a central role in helping get a new Concorde Agreement signed off this week which should help finally bring an end to the threat of a breakaway championship.

"Any story suggesting I'm going anywhere is completely untrue. I don't know where they came from," said Ecclestone, regarding a piece that appeared in The Sunday Telegraph.

"I hope to have a Concorde Agreement in place by Wednesday. Max [Mosley] will be happy when we have it sorted. He will have achieved everything he set out to achieve including a new agreement and cost-cutting. He will then be in a position to do what he said he would do and step down. But as for me, I'll be around for the future."

Ecclestone's stance about his future was backed up by Donald Mackenzie, managing partner of CVC Capital Partners.

With CVC having become proactive in dealing with F1 teams directly to frame the Concorde Agreement, there were suggestions that it was trying to operate outside of Ecclestone's involvement.

However, Mackenzie has made it clear that the venture capital company has total faith in Ecclestone to help guide the sport in the future – despite the huge controversy caused by recent remarks about Adolf Hitler.

"Bernie Ecclestone will remain in post," he explained. "There's no question of moving him into an honorary position or upstairs. There has never been any doubt about
that.

"There have been no meetings to discuss it. Bernie knows me well enough to know his position is not under threat. He runs the business and does so very well.

"We did not like what he said about Hitler. He knows that and it was dealt with. That's the end of the matter. There never was anything more to it than that."

The Boss means business http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35YivWEs3zw

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Bernie Ecclestone, Come On Down!!

[EwanM]

Bernie Ecclestone, Come On Down!!

Brucie and Bernie

[EwanM]

Teams move closer to new F1 deal

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76997
By Jonathan Noble and Dieter Rencken Thursday, July 16th 2009, 11:36 GMT

Formula 1 teams moved closer to a deal to secure the future of the sport in a meeting in Geneva on Wednesday, even though a final financial document to tie them together was not signed off.

AUTOSPORT understands that representatives from all 13 teams entered into next year's championship met at FOTA's Geneva headquarters to try and finalise a legally-binding document that would bind them to cost-cutting moves over the next few years.

But although no document was penned after teams failed to agree on every matter in the meeting, which was chaired by Toyota F1 president John Howett, there are now only tiny differences remaining that should be settled in the next few days.

A FOTA source said: "It was a very open dialogue and there are only minor issues to be sorted out now."

Once these small differences are settled, it will clear the way for the FIA to finalise the removal of the budget cap rules from the 2010 regulations and allow all parties to commit to a new Concorde Agreement.

It is hoped that these documents will all be ready to be signed off at the end of next week, with an announcement confirming the matter perhaps coming at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen told AUTOSPORT in Germany, however, that nothing could yet be taken for granted about a resolution to the controversy that has overshadowed the F1 season.

"I am hopeful, but I have seen too many surprise to bet on it," he said.