the rules and governance would be decided by FOTA not Monte alone in a Max styled coup.
Yes, but Ferrari would still be the one with more say.
This entire mess only started because of Ferrari, it all rests on Ferrari.
no way it started with Ferrari, infact Redbull and Toyota were the first teams to publicly question their commitment to the 2010 season under the current proposed rules.
it was all Max's draconian dealings once again! The man is a dictator with not one bone of compromise in his body!
It didn't start with Ferrari, but what did was the heightened media coverage. The protest only gained credibility when Ferrari joined the ranks.
Oddly, it was
Renault's announcement that they were pulling out of 2010 that hit the front page of American news outlets (EPSN.com, CNN.com).
The teams already got the major concession they argued against (2 sets of regs). The straight-forward solution is to embrace the 2-tiered regulations and run like ALMS with F1A and F1B classes. It would grow the sport in terms of technical advancements, talent, depth, and revenue. Clearly there are many challenges to this, primarily stuffing 26, 28, or 30 cars into the paddock area & pit lane, but if each class had their own virtual sandbox to race in with the F1A teams not competing directly against the F1B teams.