Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras - View Single Post - FOTA to launch rival championship next year.

sperry · 2009-06-25, 12:33 PM

Wow.

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headline...25095137.shtml

If Jean Todt takes over Max Mosley's job as FIA president... this whole FIA/FOTA compromise will actually be a hostile takeover of the FIA by FOTA. Sure the teams don't "like" Todt, but IMO he's still a Ferrari guy and would likely represent the teams interest a crap ton more than Mosley did.

Pretty damn impressive. Those FOTA blokes really played their cards well... it probably worked because they weren't bluffing and would really have started their own series that actually would have beat F1.

All in all, I think FOTA is going to do great things for F1. I'm actually really looking forward to next season now, instead of dreading what it was going to look like!

2009-06-25, 12:33 PM	#18
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Wow. http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headline...25095137.shtml If Jean Todt takes over Max Mosley's job as FIA president... this whole FIA/FOTA compromise will actually be a hostile takeover of the FIA by FOTA. Sure the teams don't "like" Todt, but IMO he's still a Ferrari guy and would likely represent the teams interest a crap ton more than Mosley did. Pretty damn impressive. Those FOTA blokes really played their cards well... it probably worked because they weren't bluffing and would really have started their own series that actually would have beat F1. All in all, I think FOTA is going to do great things for F1. I'm actually really looking forward to next season now, instead of dreading what it was going to look like! __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints? Last edited by sperry; 2009-06-25 at 12:37 PM.