Breakaway series is go!

Monaco will go with Ferrari

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Originally Posted by markabilly

Monaco is like the Indy version of of F1,

who will be there, FOTA or bernei?
If monaco goes FOTA, bernie's circus is kaput

If it does not, then the whole split thing will go kaput

Besides I bet money there are all these european anti-trust laws that ought to take care of the retialiation

If FOTA gets Monaco, Spa, Monza, SILVERSTONE and THE USA!!!!!!
Then it will be going good---add in regs that ensure competitive engines (Merceded or whoever)for all those "other new" entries, and they will follow with the big boys

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Monaco goes with Ferrari , the other European venues are free to chose their side or run both races.

The FOTA will be proposing contracts with much smaller fees than Bernie has and the tracks might even make some money out of the races for once!

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Originally Posted by Mark

Local governing bodies are free to run series however they like within their own borders, so NASCAR in America, ACO in France, BTCC in the UK, can act as they like with no input from the FIA.

FIA only has jurisdiction when a championship is being run internationally.

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And even than, what if every local automotive body sanctions the race held in their country?

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Originally Posted by Bruce D

Three things are running through my head now and I'd like to know what you guys think of it all:

1. TV Coverage - any TV company that runs F1 now will be blocked from showing the new breakaway series.

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That is not enforceable in Europe due to the European laws on freedom of competition.

yeah the individual races are free to be standalone series, each with their own champion - and oh, look, we've just totalled up the points from each championship and decided to give the leader a prize, we'll call them the World Champion ;)

To be honest I think that if the breakaway series starts to have a realistic contour Max will not win the FIA elections anymore, he might even prefer not to run to avoid being humiliated (not sure given some of his spare time activities).

All it needs is for the FOTA to propose a strong candidate who will be supported by the FOTA, the ACEA and by many national governing bodies.

like a certain Jean Todt?

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Originally Posted by Robinho

like a certain Jean Todt?

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Him or Ron Dennis, or maybe both as a support for a 3rd neutral person.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Monaco goes with Ferrari , the other European venues are free to chose their side or run both races.

The FOTA will be proposing contracts with much smaller fees than Bernie has and the tracks might even make some money out of the races for once!

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monaco is the key, (along with some other great tracks like Monza and Spa and Silverstone) as when the CART bust up occurred, all the great teams and drivers went CART, but TG still had Indy.....

the real fans wanted the great teams and drivers, but sponsors and TV wanted Indy and its associated PR

so it is not nearly enough for the big eight to go, the tracks must be there

then we can all come back in about 20-30yrs and do all this again when the new breed have had enough!