Sunday, 31 May 2009
Ticking bomb?
With entries for the 2010 Formula One World Championship now closed, both FIA and the previously dissenting F1 teams will likely be satisfied that they now hold the upper-hand in the stand-off over budget capping (see previous entries elsewhere on this blog). FIA will look forward to a full contingent of entrants, including the 'big names' (such as Ferrari) as well as a number of new entrants. The teams meanwhile will no doubt begin to plan on the basis of current regulations and the absence of a budget cap for 2010. Surely though, this is a ticking bomb, and we still have some considerable way to go before the situation is actually satisfactorily involved? Surely it can't possibly be the case that FIA, despite its best intentions, has merely capitulated in the face of pressure from F1's leading teams? Surely the F1 teams can't really expect that they have got things their own way? Will the remainder of this F1 season therefore be characterised rather more by off-circuit posturing and politics than it is about racing? Do the F1 teams have a get-out clause that will enable them to abandon the F1 World Championship if FIA doesn't keep its promises? And would FIA care about this anyway, as they now have a healthy number of entries for next year's championship, far in excess of recent championship starting numbers? Does this mean therefore that F1 really is a ticking bomb, the detonation of which will lead to the splintering of F1 into two championships, either in 2010, or in 2011?
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