Breakaway series is go!

this is getting too weird
Melbourne not mentioned on leaked schedule for breakaway F1 series

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...87-661,00.html

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AN alleged blueprint for a breakaway Formula One race schedule has been leaked to the media, and Melbourne is nowhere to be seen.
The unverified list for the 2010 series - dubbed the 'New Formula' - lists Adelaide as the main race track option in Australia and Surfers Paradise as a reserve track.

There is no mention of Melbourne, which currently hosts the F1 championship race at Albert Park.

According to the calendar, the rebel championship proposed by eight of the 10 Formula One teams, including Ferrari, would start the season in Buenos Aires and end in November at Adelaide, goldcoast.com.au reports.

However, the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and industry experts have cast doubt on the veracity of the document, which is believed to have been leaked to a German journalist.

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Once you get max on the run like this, you never concede. If there is an agreement struck, he wont be party to it. The budget constraints were an bald-faced attempt at re-balancing the power structure beyond anything tenable for the many's.

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Originally Posted by thunderbolt

this is getting too weird
Melbourne not mentioned on leaked schedule for breakaway F1 series

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...87-661,00.html

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Probably "leaked" by Max!

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Originally Posted by thunderbolt

this is getting too weird
Melbourne not mentioned on leaked schedule for breakaway F1 series

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...87-661,00.html

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Old news. Melbourne has an exclusive contract with FOM so couldn't hold a rival race.

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Originally Posted by thunderbolt

this is getting too weird
Melbourne not mentioned on leaked schedule for breakaway F1 series

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...87-661,00.html

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What's weird about that?

Tomorrows WMSC meeting could be 'fun'. Personally, Max needs to go - his decisions in all of Motorsport have ruined them. Unfortunately, I think he'll stand for re-election in October.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Looks like he's managed to make lots of personal enemies with is stupid comments:

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But Flavio would and does say anything for a soundbite.

Example:

Flavio: "I'm too much of a gentleman to make personal insults (like Max)"

Two weeks ago:

Flavio: "Adam Parr is an idiot"

Case in point.

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Originally Posted by henners88

The more I think about it, the more I think a breakaway series is a bad idea. The BBC here in the UK have the rights to F1 for the next 3 years or so, and I can't see them paying another huge sum to cover a FOTA series on top of that. It would end up being sold to Sky Sports which would limit the viewers considerably, and would drive up costs at the GP's for the fans. Race tickets are already hugely overpriced.. Sure you would have the teams we want to see, but will that be at the cost of quality venues, coverage and higher spectating prices??

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Tickets are overpriced for one reason only - his name is Bernie.

Cost of quality venues? What?! USA - gone, Canada - Gone, France - Gone, UK - going, Portugal - Gone..... see the reccuring theme?

Only one man to blame for that.

Team spend fortunes for ever changing rules - whos at fault? Max.

A breakaway is very appealing.

I was wondering about that too - since SpeedTV in the US carries F1, would they really carry the break away series too?

I also still do not know where this breakaway series races, does all of the current tracks have exclusive agreements with FOM, or can they host whatever they want?

Some of the hurdles to a new series seem a little high to me...

Also, how do they go about putting together a series so that it starts... when, March, April? That's in none-ten months.

How to they get venues, rules and regulations, track marshals, medical staff, TV, I guess they already have the logistics for moving around the world.
It seems a daunting task and one that they may be forced to rush together.

I see FOTA's point and this is their one great bargaining chip but can they put a watchable series together in less than a year??