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Thank god he's going. Maybe the FIA will learn from this to work with FOTA in the future as aposed to dictating to them. Cracking result. Now lets get back to racing and personal insults on the forum
Thank god he's going. Maybe the FIA will learn from this to work with FOTA in the future as aposed to dictating to them. Cracking result. Now lets get back to racing and personal insults on the forum
Ok, STFU newbie!!! If we want any poo out of you we will just squeeze your head, how is that?
Thank god he's going. Maybe the FIA will learn from this to work with FOTA in the future as aposed to dictating to them. Cracking result. Now lets get back to racing and personal insults on the forum
Ok, STFU newbie!!! If we want any poo out of you we will just squeeze your head, how is that?
Thank god he's going. Maybe the FIA will learn from this to work with FOTA in the future as aposed to dictating to them. Cracking result. Now lets get back to racing and personal insults on the forum
Ok, STFU newbie!!! If we want any poo out of you we will just squeeze your head, how is that?
Thats more like it you jumped up
So Bernie wins in the end. Good man!
FOTA: Formula 1 needs 'fresh blood'http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76518
By Jonathan Noble Thursday, June 25th 2009, 15:08 GMT
Stefano DomenicaliThe commitment by Formula 1's current teams to remain in the sport until 2012 has quelled fears about the grid getting decimated by manufacturer withdrawals, but the focus still must be on encouraging new teams.
That is the view of Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali, who has welcomed the team unity that secured a breakthrough deal with the FIA, but thinks it vital that 'fresh blood' is given the chance to shine in F1.
"For sure it is important that F1 will stay as a real F1, that was one of our priorities for the future," explained Domenicali in a press conference held by the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) in Bologna on Thursday.
"For sure we as FOTA, we will welcome the new teams that are coming to F1, but of course it is important to make sure that the value of this formula is to make sure that these companies are able to be in F1 not only for one year but also for the future. And this will give another input to this championship.
"We need to make sure the new ones, who are very welcome, are really part of this business, not because we need to have new teams in terms of numbers, but new in terms of fresh blood into the championship. This is a very important point that we need to make sure of, for the benefit of what we have achieved in these last days."
While the three new teams entered into the championship have yet to comment on their future plans in the wake of the budget cap getting scrapped for next season, FOTA vice chairman John Howett said talks would commence with them next month to sort out if they would join FOTA.
"First of all I think we need to have some dialogue with these teams to establish whether they wish to join FOTA or not," he said. "FOTA is open. We believe dialogue is constructive and positive.
"Obviously before doing that there is the issue of reaching an understanding with them on their position, based on the new regulatory framework. It's too soon to say, but our door is open and I guess in the next two to three weeks, as the total situation is stabilised, we will enter into discussion with them should they wish to meet."
Brawn CEO Nick Fry did not rule out some other teams joining Formula 1 if any of the three chosen outfits was not interested in racing without a budget cap system.
"If one of those three weren't able to get the funding to enter, there a possibility that others might be invited in," Fry told Reuters. "Obviously, we want more teams involved in Formula 1."
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said he hopes the Concorde Agreement, that will commit teams to F1 until 2012, should be signed off between the teams, the FIA and the sport's commercial owners imminently.
"I'm confident we can find a solution with CVC in the next days - CVC is the company that owns the rights of F1. So our role is in two years, by the end of 2011, to achieve a cost basically like in the 1990s," he explained.
"It means that finally for small or big teams, it's important to think of the balance between cost and the revenues at the end of 2011. We are united in the interests of the sport and I think that yesterday was a very positive and constructive agreement."
He added: "I want to say, one of the important agreements we achieved was an important commitment from manufacturers and big teams to race and continue to be in Formula 1, at least until the end of 2012.
"So in the past, if somebody was worried, maybe after Honda left or somebody else, not now. The car manufacturers and the big teams will remain in Formula 1, and this is the reason why yesterday's agreement is important for us to work together for a better future for F1. F1 needs fresh air, needs ideas, needs improvement, working together to achieve this goal."
FOTA says deal a victory for Formula 1http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76515
By Jonathan Noble Thursday, June 25th 2009, 13:54 GMT
Fomula 1 fansFormula 1 teams believe that their breakthrough deal with the FIA that heads off the threat of a breakaway series is, above all, a victory for fans.
Speaking at a press conference in Bologna on Thursday, the eight members of the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) made it clear that they believed the true victory of the deal that commits them to the sport were the supporters.
Renault boss Flavio Briatore said: "We achieved what we want - an F1 with the best drivers, with the best teams and we want to work to have a better show, entertaining better the people.
"We want to make sure the fans are with us, and make sure the fans are enjoying the fight between drivers. In the last six or seven months there was a lot of talk about politics and costs, and I don't believe this is the subject the fans like.
"The fans like a show, they like a race, and we need to talk about sport again. We are happy to achieve this situation, we are happy to work for that."
Toyota F1 president John Howett added: "This has ultimately resulted in a victory for Formula 1. There should be no victor from either side, and now I think we have the possibility of a very stable, sustainable platform that will enable us to continue F1 with the best drivers, the best cars and the best circuits in the world."
BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen was equally encouraged about what the deal meant for the future of the sport.
"I think it has been a very, very strong year for all the teams, for the co-operation," he said. "It was really exceptional to be part of this process and yesterday in my view we have reached a breakthrough situation in the way that we have now a clear view of the future of the sport.
"It is a fantastic day for the sport, for the fans and definitely for us as teams as well. We have a clear view for the format of the series for the future and I think this is a very strong foundation now to come to an agreement and a conclusion on the commercial side as well. Which we will follow in the coming months."
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner added: "I sit here with a duty of care not just to the fans but to our employees as well and I think that with what has taken place over the last 24 hours with the solutions that have been reached I think it is very, very positive for Formula 1.
""We can now focus on the fans, on creating a better show, on creating an even better sport and I think that F1 this year the championship on-track has been a strong championship. Hopefully now focus can be turned back to the circuit and the important factor of going racing. It was great day for Formula 1."
Briatore to help F1 improve showhttp://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76517
By Jonathan Noble Thursday, June 25th 2009, 14:45 GMT
Flavio BriatoreRenault boss Flavio Briatore is to work closely with Formula 1's commercial rights holders to help shape the sport's future, as part of the breakthrough deal agreed between the FIA and the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA).
Briatore was already head of FOTA's commercial division and, while work for now will focus on framing a new Concorde Agreement to commit current teams to F1 until 2012, beyond that there will be moves to make F1 better for fans.
Speaking at a FOTA press conference in Bologna on Thursday, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo revealed more details about the agreement that he put together with FIA president Max Mosley.
"We said since the beginning that we were looking for some priority points and I want to thank the FIA World Motor Sport Council for the very positive meeting yesterday and the very constructive attitude towards the interests of F1," explained di Montezemolo.
"We will keep the 2009 rules the same for everybody - this is extremely important. We will have stability in F1 at least until the end of 2012. It means no [extra] cost, because with stability you have no cost.
"We also have governance like in the previous years in which the rules come from clear procedure with the F1 Commission. And we will continue as teams, as car manufacturers, to work for important cost reductions as we have already done with success regarding engines and gearboxes.
"Flavio will also be working with the commercial rights holder to improve the show and the interest in the sport."
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said it was important that the F1 teams listened to the wishes of fans - something he felt had not happened in recent years with the FIA.
"I think as you are aware, FOTA undertook a very interesting survey of fans trying to understand what they wanted," explained Whitmarsh. "The initial work led us to some conclusions that were put before the FIA.
"Unfortunately, none of those suggestions and ideas, which we felt were positive, were accepted. We now have to continue that work.
"We have to be structured in the way that we speak to the audience, asking them what they expect from the sport, the format of the sport, how they understand it, how it's presented, how we provide information. We have to continue the work.
"There is no singular point; I think it is listening to what the audience wants and making sure that we respond to it to improve the show, the spectacle and the information that's provided."
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