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Old 17-06-2009, 10:55   #480
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Re: Formula 1 2009 Season [may contain real time spoilers]

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Originally Posted by hedgie View Post
What price on a breakaway series ? Do they really think that the current situation is sustainable...

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre.../fia_fota.aspx

http://www.teamsassociation.org/pres.../press-release

Dismayed of Warrington..............
still can't see any chance of a breakaway series being formed. Toyota and Renault are both losing money and so there is no way their boards will sanction the money needed to get a new series off the ground. I don't think BMW or Mercedes are in great shape either. RBR will just end up going into sponsorship with Red Bull too.

To get a new series off the ground they need contracts with circuits, they can't use any current circuits due to the FOM contracts. They need TV broadcasters across the globe and that will take time to sort out, plus with the credit crunch everyone is cutting back.

Plus they need rules and i'm sure if they tried to use the current F1 rules they will be copyrighted and so end up in the courts.

They also need someone independent to oversee the rules and series.

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Originally Posted by Kymmy View Post
WOW... Nice article by the FIA

---------- Post added at 09:41 ---------- Previous post was at 09:40 ----------

BTW, for all those wanting the British GP to be in HD...well I don't think looking at the tv schedules that it's gonna happen this year...maybe next...
ALL the races are filmed by FOM now so nothing the BBC can do until they upgrade their equipment to film it in HD
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