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[Squirrel]

News just showing up on BBC!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 116756.stm

An agreement has been reached between Formula 1's governing body and the teams to prevent a breakaway series, says FIA president Max Mosley.
The two parties had been engulfed in a bitter row over planned budgetary and technical changes for the new season.
But it appears a resolution has now been found and, as part of the deal, Mosley has agreed not to stand for re-election as president.
"There will be no split. We have agreed to a reduction of costs," added Mosley.
"There will be one F1 championship (but) but the objective is to get back to the spending levels of the early '90s within two years."
F1 surpremo Bernie Ecclestone added that he is "very happy commonsense has prevailed", following a meeting of 120 members of the FIA in Paris aimed at resolving the crisis.

606: DEBATE
I knew they would not dare split from F1...
markolee
Ahead of the meeting, FIA president Max Mosley had insisted that he would not step down as part of the price of any potential agreement and might even seek re-election as head of world motor sport.
He hit out at what he described as "wholly unjustified criticism" of the FIA, adding: "It is for the FIA membership, and the FIA membership alone, to decide on its democratically elected leadership, not the motor industry and still less the individuals the industry employs to run its Formula 1 teams."
However, it appears Mosley has now agreed to step down when his fourth term as FIA president ends in October, while writs that had been threatened against Ferrari and the other teams in the Formula 1 Teams Association (Fota) - McLaren, BMW Sauber, Renault, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Toro Rosso and Brawn GP - are likely to be shelved.
More to follow.

[Gaz]

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[McLaren Fan]

I'm looking forward to finding out what the resolution is.

[yamashek]

I'm looking forward to finding out what the resolution is.

budget capping to the level of the early 1990s i suppose?

[h-tomek]

I'm looking forward to finding out what the resolution is.

Me too. They haven't found out the resolution for months, and now, all of a sudden, they have resolution. Maybe, FOTA just wants Max to step down, or to be exact, not candidate for FIA president again in October. We'll see.

[Squirrel]

Looks like Max isn't going to be a candidate!

[McLaren Fan]

I'm looking forward to finding out what the resolution is.

Me too. They haven't found out the resolution for months, and now, all of a sudden, they have resolution. Maybe, FOTA just wants Max to step down, or to be exact, not candidate for FIA president again in October. We'll see.

I'd be very disappointed if this were just about personalities. Getting rid of Mosley is absolutely necessary, but the FIA's structures need a complete overhaul; the technical regulations need to allow more innovation and be brought into the 21st century; and the sporting regulations need to be made loophole-free and not made up on the spot.

[h-tomek]

Well, every regulation have at least one loophole, you can't avoid that. And there will always be someone who'll noticed that and use it as his advantage. There's no perfect law or regulation, and that's the way it is. But, I agree that it isn't just about Mosley, it's about all the FIA's structure.

This is certainly very good, and I hope for the best in the interest of the sport and the fans.

[McLaren Fan]

Well, every regulation have at least one loophole, you can't avoid that. And there will always be someone who'll noticed that and use it as his advantage.

Of course, but the sheer number of loopholes and regulations made up impromptu or ad hoc is farcical.

[myownalias]

I say let each team principle have a seat on a Formula 1 council (not the world council as F1 teams should have no say in other disciplines). Each team have an equal weight vote on proposals put forward either from the FIA or any team principle. FOTA needs to be canned to bring everything in-house avoiding another FOTA vs the FIA situation! The FIA president has a equal vote to each team principle and Bernie gets a vote as well being the commercial rights holder. One of the 13 team principles, FIA president and the commercial rights holder can suggest a regulation change but it requires at least 7 further votes to be passed, eight votes in total for the change to happen!

Sound likely?

[h-tomek]

Of course, but the sheer number of loopholes and regulations made up impromptu or ad hoc is farcical.

Yes, raw over diffuser earlier this year is nice example. Cases like that have to be avoided. It's bad for the sport.

[bud]

Just follow MotoGp's example and any major change that gets put forward has to be unanimously voted through by every constructor.

[Gaz]

Just follow MotoGp's example and any major change that gets put forward has to be unanimously voted through by every constructor.

[myownalias]

Just follow MotoGp's example and any major change that gets put forward has to be unanimously voted through by every constructor.

Nothing is ever likely to change if that's the case; it's rare that every F1 team agrees on something, there is always constant challenges to this, that and the other!

[bud]

Just follow MotoGp's example and any major change that gets put forward has to be unanimously voted through by every constructor.

Nothing is ever likely to change if that's the case; it's rare that every F1 team agrees on something, there is always constant challenges to this, that and the other!

Well what about Majority vote? cant say no to democracy can ya? its way better than a dictatorship which Max led.