Mosely to step aside as F1 dispute settles
June 25, 2009 by Matt Brogan
The turmoil surrounding the break-away Formula One series has been finalised with FIA President Max Mosley agreeing to not stand for re-election.
After a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) in Paris on Wednesday, Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, issued the following statement:
“All currently competing teams have committed to the FIA Formula One World Championship. There will be no alternative series or championship and the rules for 2010 onwards will be the 2009 regulations as well as further regulations agreed prior to 29 April 2009. As part of this agreement, the teams will, within two years, reduce the costs of competing in the championship to the level of the early 1990s. The manufacturer teams have agreed to assist the new entries for 2010 by providing technical assistance. The manufacturer teams have further agreed to the permanent and continuing role of the FIA as the sport’s governing body. They have also committed to the commercial arrangements for the FIA Formula One World Championship until 2012 and have agreed to renegotiate and extend this contract before the end of that period. All teams will adhere to an upgraded version of the governance provisions of the 1998 Concorde Agreement”.
The following teams have been accepted for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship:
- TEAM / CONSTRUCTOR
- SCUDERIA FERRARI MARLBORO / FERRARI
- VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES / McLAREN MERCEDES
- BMW SAUBER F1 TEAM / BMW SAUBER
- RENAULT F1 TEAM / RENAULT
- PANASONIC TOYOTA RACING / TOYOTA
- SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO / STR TBA
- RED BULL RACING / RBR TBA
- AT&T WILLIAMS / WILLIAMS TOYOTA
- FORCE INDIA F1 TEAM / FORCE INDIA MERCEDES
- BRAWN GP FORMULA ONE TEAM / BRAWN TBA
- CAMPOS META TEAM / CAMPOS COSWORTH
- MANOR GRAND PRIX / MANOR COSWORTH
- TEAM US F1 / TEAM US F1 COSWORTH
In view of this new agreement, and with the prospect of a stable future for Formula One, FIA President Max Mosley has confirmed his decision not to stand for re-election in October this year.
“I will not be up for re-election now we have peace,” said Mr Mosley.
Before the meeting, Mosley, who had been under pressure amid disagreements over proposed budget cuts, had insisted that he would not step down as part of the price of any potential agreement and might seek re-election as head of world motor sport.
The Paris meeting was a ‘clear-the-air’ opportunity for member clubs to hear from F1 teams about their plan to break away from the FIA and set up a rival series, a proposal which had led the FIA to prepare a legal claim against FOTA.
Writs against Ferrari and FOTA – which also includes McLaren, BMW Sauber, Renault, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Toro Rosso and Brawn GP – had been due to be served on Monday, but the FIA held back pending the meeting.
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Finally Mosely is being shown the door, now the same thing should be done for Bernie. They were both too old and out of touch with the real world, hopefully we can now have less politics and more racing in F1. I was surprised Mosely wanted to be re-elected at first, i thought he was being pressured to not re-elect after the Nazi incident.
CKH CKH BOOM! One down one to go!
I for one salute Mosley’s efforts. After a long time treading water, we have new teams in Formula 1, instead of a disappearing grid.
Commitments to cut costs, so that when – not if – the manufacturers wander off for a sabbatical, the sport can still survive, and would-be competitors aren’t put off by the massively high barrier to entry.
Nobody ever became a champion team by not participating.
Plus, I’m really enjoying the series this year. Go Webber!
Lets hope that whoever replaces him isn’t another megalomaniac.
And the short-arsed septugenarian needs to be shown the door as well.
Ah well Max there is always bondage.
He’d know a lass or three who could whip Bernie into shape.
I think it will be a lot harder to get rid of Bernie. He owns the commercial rights, TV rights, The Paddock club, and takes a 30% cut from all merchandise and food sales from within the track. If I am not mistaken, a few years ago, didn’t F1 sell Bernie all of these rights for 99 years? I am sure that’s the case. If so, then you can bet that there is a water tight contract that would costs Billions to break. Bernie might be a lot of things, but he’s no fool!
Poor Max, not only was he whipped into shape earlier in the year, but now he is being flogged like a dead horse for trying to “whip” the teams into shape! Must be something about whips……
F1 sucks
no passing
no side by side racing
too expensive
boring drivers with no personality
They should add a figure 8 collision zone of death track like on my old AFX electric race set. Or a loop-d-loop and corkscrew downforce test. Kids nowadays would love that stuff.