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Official: Ferrari threatens to pull out of 2010 F1 season

 
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Mosley has previously said F1 could live without Ferrari, but the tables may be turning

Mosley has previously said F1 could live without Ferrari, but the tables may be turning

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As predicted as the budget cap row escalates, Ferrari’s Board of Directors, chaired by Luca di Montezemolo, has confirmed that the Italian company won’t be competing in Formula 1 next year. The announcement comes following the FIA’s decision to introduce two different sets of regulations based on arbitrary technical rules and economic parameters.

Ferrari considers that if this ‘two-tier’ system for Formula 1 remains, then the company’s uninterrupted participation in the sport over the last 60 years – the only constructor to have taken part ever since its inception in 1950 – would come to a close.

Ferrari has also expressed its disappointment about the methods adopted by the FIA in taking decisions of such a serious nature and its refusal to effectively reach an understanding with constructors and teams.

Today’s announcement follows those of Toyota, Red Bull and BMW, amid rumors that other teams will also shortly follow suit. It is expected that only Brawn, Williams and Force India will meet the FIA's May 29 deadline to lodge official entries for next year's world championship.

Max Mosley, FIA president, said just over a week ago that F1 could live without Ferrari, even though the Italian team is the only team to have been in the sport every single year since the league's founding in 1950.



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  1. ma_www.mywheelsonwalls.com avatar www.mywheelsonwalls.com Posted: 5/12/2009 11:32am PDT

    Your volley Mr. Mosley! So much drama.....
     
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  2. ma_gazzed avatar gazzed Posted: 5/12/2009 4:22pm PDT

    Unless they do a backflip that'll be the end of F1.
     
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  3. ma_Mike avatar Mike Posted: 5/12/2009 5:14pm PDT

    Bah, they're just bitter that the rules don't include provisions guaranteeing their complete dominance.
     
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  4. ma_www.mywheelsonwalls.com avatar www.mywheelsonwalls.com Posted: 5/13/2009 12:40am PDT

    gazzed- I would have to agree F1 is in for some changes and their not good.

    Mike- I can only assume your young. So here is some history. Ferrari came out of the seventies dominant in F1 but then their star driver at the time was killed, morale plumeted, and Ferrari went some twenty plus years to rebuild the kingdom that during the last decade was ruled by Michael Schumacher, Ross Brawn and Jean Todt. They have now lost their stars and things have been tough for the last three years and the one world chanpionship they did win came with a fight and some luck, hardly dominance!!!

    As for F1's future I pose some questions. Which market/part of the world is Bernie boy trying to break into in a very big way? The middle East! Question number two, what brand of cars do they tend to buy? Gold Rolls Royces and Ferrari's lots of Ferrari's! Question number three, what cars do they not buy? Renault's and Toyota's.

    Somewhere right now Mr. Mosley has booted the Nazi hookers out of his room and is going "oh shit, what are we going to do now?"

    Also does anyone read up on a little winter race series called A1GP? They have their roots in the Middle East and the cars are supplied by none other than Ferrari. Somebody will be making money in 2010 and somebody else will not. Mr Mosley may have to get his hookers off of Craigslist instead next year..

    Once again "your volley Mr. Mosley!"


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  5. ma_mgul avatar mgul Posted: 5/15/2009 2:17pm PDT

    Checkmate Mr. Mosley, you cheated this season by making exception for other teams to bend the rules. This F1 season is a black strike against Formula one. It's great that other teams are winning but its not valid if all the teams dont follow the same rule. Your proposal to change the points battle was another power grab.

    Can F1 continue with out Ferrari? We all know thats a big fat no. If you want to compete against the best you have to race Ferrari. F1 is Ferrari, not that they need to win all the time, but its the icon of racing. Ferrari will survive with out Formula One, Fourmula One won't survive with out Ferrari.
     
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  6. ma_barshell avatar barshell Posted: 7/5/2009 3:10pm PDT

    Bring bag Jean Todd
     
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  7. By  ordinateur clavier Posted: 1/4/2010 11:09pm PST

    I think that Formula 1 has run its course. It's a bloated whale of a sport. I am amazed when I watch the pit stops to see so many people gather around the car like ants servicing a queen. The courses are extravagant examples of excess, the actual competition seems more about technology than sport. The actual passing of another car is so rare n event that it generates numerous replays. Rather like ice dancing, the winner seems often to be pre-determined. Well, you must have worked out by now that I am not a real fan of this polluting, predictable, and pretentous excercise in sturm und drang.
     
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