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    F1 boss sets deadline for rebels

    from bbc news

    Motorsport chief Max Mosley has upped the stakes in the battle for Formula One's future by asking rebel teams to commit to the sport next month.

    At a meeting on 22 March, Mosley will propose teams sign up for 2008 within 10 days or risk losing their place.

    Renault, Honda, Toyota, BMW-Sauber and McLaren-Mercedes have threatened to set up a rival series after 2007.

    They want a bigger share of revenues, more say in F1's future and are upset at plans to limit technology from '08.

    Mosley, president of the sport's governing body the FIA, wants to give independent teams without support from car manufacturers more of a chance by limiting the budget needed to be competitive to around £57m a year.

    Ferrari's budget, the biggest in F1, is reputed to be as much as £287m, with Toyota not far behind.


    "It would not surprise me to see some defections next month when we open the entries"
    Motorsport chief Max Mosley



    "From 2008, nobody has either the right or an obligation to enter the championship," said Mosley, president of the sport's governing body, the FIA.

    "It makes sense to open entries soon and then to close them again quickly. Then we can discuss refinements to the regulations before the deadline of the end of June.

    "It would not surprise me to see some defections (from the five Grand Prix Manufacturers' Association teams) next month when we open the entries.

    "I have got a real determination to see this through. I honestly believe that if F1 is to prosper then we have got to get the costs down so that the independent teams can survive.

    "I hope everybody will be sensible, see these are sensible rules and everyone will enter.

    "There will be provision in the rules saying we could accept a late entry but you can only do that if there is a vacancy.

    "We are going to stick to 12 teams because of safety. There are six already in. There are three, possibly four, (teams) talking about entering and there are five GPMA teams."

    Mosley's proposal is the latest and most dramatic of a series of salvos in his battle with the car manufacturers in F1.


    Mosley defends manufacturer plan
    Last week, he proposed that they receive no money at all from the sport's revenues because his new rules would save them more than they were trying to gain from a new commercial agreement.

    Mosley is to put his proposal to a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council, F1's legislative body, on 22 March.

    If it accepts the plan, entries for 2008 would be opened the following day and stay open for just 10 days.

    Mosley said the regulations for entry would stay the same, except the £27m bond would be waived.

    Ferrari, Williams, Midland, Red Bull, Scuderia Toro Rosso and Super Aguri have committed to the sport post-2007.


    ^^That picture is rather scary looking

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    Holy crap that picture freaked me out.
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    I think Mosley's stuck his nose where it doesnt quite belong a bit too much lately. Renault seem close to signing and personally i'd expect BMW to sign soon after all the effort theyve gone to, so hes bullying around a seemingly smaller group as the weeks go by.
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    I'll mess with a pic of Mosley and put devil horns on him

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    So they want 12 teams in F1.

    If they don't get all of the 10 current teams, where are they going to magic up the others?

    Where are they going to pull enough experienced F1 people from to make up the new teams; aerodynamicists, engine specialists, gearbox specialists, race strategists?

    Its all good having a big corperation wanting to enter for the publicity, but where are the actual engineers, technicians or drivers?

    The only reason that Red Bull, BMW & Schnaider came into the sport to create "new" teams is because there was a fully-set up team in place.

    Toyota have a hugely experienced motorsport division, and BAR were failing untill prodrive came up with the goods.
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    If they drop the costs there are DOZENS of very capable teams operating in F3000, GT and A1GP who would jump for the greater publicity and exposure for their sponsors !!!

    your example of ProDrive shows what would happen.
    Maybe Ford will get back with M-drive doing the job
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    The reason that stops F1 from getting more teams now is because of the big spending. Like Matra said there are a lot of the racing organization in the world that definitely have the knowhow to build a proper race car, be it as F1 or otherwise. But not all of them can forkout 200-300, or even 400 million dollars a year to compete. F1 used to be a constructor's series, McLaren, Williams, Tyrrell and so on were no different than Penske, Brabham and others. Its just now that manufacturers are in they start driving the costs up. The problem is that the manufacturers comes and goes. Just look at sportscar. If F1 can get the costs down, as they said the 2008 rules are aim to do, we are looking at a lot more teams that will want to come in, with companies like Cosworth once again supplying engines to them. Penske, Ganassi from the US already expressed interest in a cheaper F1 and I am sure companies like Dallara and Lola will probably get some partner and they'll be in the frey as well.....

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