Exactly what has Ferrari and Red Bull signed up to?

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Originally Posted by christophulus

All I can find is:

http://www.fia.com/EN-GB/SPORT/REGUL...mpionship.aspx

So Williams, FI, the three newbies.. Max would only need to add Prodrive and away we go! :(

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It would still be only a joke of a race compared to what he FOTA teams can field as it's rumored that they may run 3 cars each!

PS: Also that is the FIA rule for what can be called an F1 race, the 16 cars limit is what is said to be a condition in the FOM/FOA contracts with tracks and TV broadcasters!

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Originally Posted by ioan

It would still be only a joke of a race compared to what he FOTA teams can field as it's rumored that they may run 3 cars each!

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No arguments here, but sadly Max (or Bernie) has put in a get out of jail free card to let them carry on as normal.

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PS: Also that is the FIA rule for what can be called an F1 race, the 16 cars limit is what is said to be a condition in the FOM/FOA contracts with tracks and TV broadcasters!

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I've heard the minimum of 16 mentioned too, but it'd be strange to see a TV contract specifying min. 16 cars but the regulations allowing for 12.

But what else would we expect from the FIA rules department?

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

Totally correct but Max was talking of sueing FOTA on telly.

I agree with you that he has recourse with a small number of teams. I think these are Ferrari, FI and Williams.

Now, I am relying on memory here but I thought there had to be a particular number of cars competing to hold a legitimate series. Even if everyone run 3 cars that would only be 9 at the moment.

Would FI be in a position to run 3 cars?

I think that if The Premier Series goes ahead, Ferrari will be able to wriggle out of the FIA contract because the series would be worthless.

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I think Max will adopt the "Put a Warm Body in a Car" philosophy and fill his "grids."

Maybe Bernie can roll out some of his collection and have Max declare them legal? :)