Mosley Says No

Max Mosley (FIA) has said no to the FOTA’s compromise and insisted that Friday is the deadline with no compromise. A brave move I think as the FOTA will either submit – which I doubt. Or go off and do their own thing either in a separate series or join the Le Mans series or something similar.

Is the Formula 1 series bigger than Ferrari? Simply put I think so… In a few years people will of forgotten Ferrari and will be enjoying the racing of Williams and other teams. However if Ferrari and the key top teams; McLaren, BMW, Red Bull and Toyota go too it will be hard to have a serious championship without them all. Especially if car manufacturers join them too and they set their championship up quickly and get races at Monza, Spa, Silverstone, Suzuka, Hokenheim, Montreal etc.

I do worry though that a Formula One break away would go to race tracks and be compromised on safety. That is my one fear. The FIA for all their politics run a safe race.

My gut feeling is there will be protests after Friday involving teams pulling out etc. There will be more wrangling and then a breakaway or a resolution. The only way I can see a resolution is if the FIA compromise, probably by removing Max Mosley. Either way I think we are in for stormy times ahead… Don’t be surprised if a full field isn’t racing at Silverstone this weekend.