Kerfuffle? What kerfuffle? All Formula 1 teams reportedly sign on for 2010
At least for now, disaster seems to have been averted as all ten teams currently taking part in the 2009 Formula 1 championship have signed conditional agreements to take part in the series in 2010. These reportedly hinge on the Formula One Teams Association's ability to reach a mutually-agreeable compromise to the contentious budget cap negotiations currently taking place between the FIA and the teams themselves.
At various points over the last few weeks, powerhouse teams such as Ferrari, Renault, Red Bull, Toyota and Toro Rosso had all threatened to withdraw from the 2010 F1 season due to the FIA's insistence on a $60 million voluntary budget cap, which the competitors say would have resulted in a two-tiered rulebook. Prior to this announcement, Williams had been the only current F1 team to commit to racing next season.
In addition to the ten teams taking part in this year's festivities, Campos Racing from Spain and USF1 from the United States have both signed on for 2010 with Prodrive/Aston Martin and Lola from Britain also waiting in the wings. Now, if we could just keep overly attractive girls from messing with the driver's heads, we'd be all set. Thanks for the tip, Pat!
[Source: The Globe and Mail | Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty Images]
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why not the LS2LS7? 11:26AM (5/30/2009)
I thought the proposed voluntary budget cap was $40M.
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ccxlllxllkevin 11:29AM (5/30/2009)
The proposed cap was 45M Euros. Autoblog converted it to USD.
Metar 11:43AM (5/30/2009)
Neither - 40m British Pounds.
ccxlllxllkevin 3:47PM (5/30/2009)
My mistake, I was thinking of the proposed plan by the FOTA, which is 100M Euros in 2010 and 45M Euros in 2011.
Dustin 11:40AM (5/30/2009)
Wow, such tough talk from all the teams. Bernie and Max are laughing all the way to the bank... again.
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Jsams4131 12:16PM (5/30/2009)
agreed. All the talk actually made me thought something would be different this time but I guess none of those teams have backbones to two old men
hashiryu 2:05PM (5/30/2009)
The entry is conditional. If Bernie and Max don't comply, 9 teams walk. If anybody is potentially screwed right now it is Max and Bernie. This thing is far from over.
I can't help but think that this row is over some other regulation that these to blowhards want to push through. Customer cars perhaps?
gianni bardelli 4:10PM (5/30/2009)
Actually the FOTA members unanimously entered a conditional registration. The have all said that they will run IF the FIA maintains the same regulations that are in place for this season for 2010. If they didn't put in any kind of registration by the May 29th deadline the FIA could have excluded them. This way they have protected their spots without submitting to the Binamic Duo.
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felipe82 1:59PM (5/30/2009)
Nothing has been sorted out yet.
The teams logged their entries BUT they're conditional to the signing of a new Concorde Agreement (how revenue is divided among the parties) before June 12th AND the assurance that there will be no two-tier rules for 2010 (I think Max already said yes to this point unofficially).
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mcampasini 2:12PM (5/30/2009)
well i hope next season is better than this season. all this drama this season is ridiculous. next year i guess they will all have diffusers and kers anyone know this for sure?
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F-22 3:29PM (5/30/2009)
Can't wait for Prodrive and Lola...my new favourite teams!
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Nateb123 4:11PM (5/30/2009)
If Lola or Prodrive made it in (or that Cosworth-powered USF1 team *drool* for that matter), wouldn't that require some other team dropping out? How full can one make the field? 20 cars spread over a track that takes them 80 seconds to lap would mean 4 seconds between cars if evenly spaced. Would they really want to reduce that even more?
Honestly I love the old names that are interested in F1 again and if a Toyota team, Force India or Toro Rosso left (I'm giving BMW a bit of slack, some may disagree) it would make things a hell of a lot more legendary. But if no one leaves, then we're stuck with these back of the pack teams.
XeroState 1:04PM (5/31/2009)
Actually Nateb123, the rules state that there can be up to 26 cars, or 13 teams. Though places like Monaco would get very crowded for Qualifying unless they go back to the pre-qualifying like they use to have lol
Shane From Australia 6:00PM (5/30/2009)
Good to see Toyota will be competing in F1 again next year ... great news !!
Toyota's NASCAR endevours in the US is running strong aswell so i hope they keep up the good effort
GO TOYOTA
ps. bring on the Lexus LF-A !!
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hyundaifans.com 10:02AM (5/31/2009)
Max and Bernie have to cave on this one. If not, we are in for a rough season next year with potentially only a few teams fielded.
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