If Brawns do not take up the budget cap after the­ negotiation fail, I will be extremely surprise. By­ saying that the FOTA's proposal has the same effect­ as budget cap, then it means which ever direction F1­ takes, it will be fine for Brawns. In one week time, we­ will see what happen. Who is going to compromise? FIA­ or FOTA? If dame Max stood hard, what will happen to­ the remaining 7 teams (minus Brawns)

FOTA could probably afford (and expect) to lose one or­ two of the small teams. Those small teams now will be­ giants under the new downgraded F1. The big test is for­ the Manufacturers to hold firm. Without Ferrari,­ Mclaren, BMW. Renault, Toyota etc F1 is finished and­ Ecclestone knows that. Mosley will be trying to split­ the manufacturers - I'm concerned that Mclaren­ might be bribed to split in the same way that Ferrari­ were, in the last Teams v Mosley battle. Ron Dennis­ still wields influence at Mclaren though and he­ certainly won't want them to give in to Mosley­ again. A compromise is still the best result but given­ the choice, I'd rather see F1 mercifully killed off­ and reborn under a new banner, rather than F1 to­ continue to ail under Mosleys deathgrip.

This is my final comment on thi forum...I always said­ that there was the space shuttle...and then came the­ Formula 1 cars. They are still true pieces of art..top­ to bottom of the grid. But now I come here and all I­ read and hear about is political bul%#$&t. All of­ the infighting is what killed opem wheel racing in USA,­ and dont think for one second it cant happen over the­ rest of the world. Diluted productleaves the consumer­ with a bad taste, and if this is not ended soon, the­ fans willturn their backs on the whole scene. I for 1,­ am going to build myself a new shifter cart and go have­ some fun again...Good-By F1

@ SS_A9X. All the FOTA members (including Force India)­ submitted their entries in time but with conditions­ attached. Force India have just changed their existing­ entry to an unconditional one. That doesn't alter­ the fact that the entry was in time.

one by one max is picking them off.

35.since 1993 up to 2007 i was an avid F1 viewers­ I'm­ not a fan of particular driver but i really­ love to­ watch from practice to race day i even having­ argument­ with my wife if she asked me to go shopping­ or visiting­ our friends. Every Sunday here in Paris I­ don't­ want to go out I prepare myself watching TF1­ for the­ race I used to eat my lunch earlier so i can­ laydown in­ our sofa and watch calmly but for now I­ hate to watch­ it I focused my attention in MotoGP and­ NASCAR thats­ make fell better. F1 is not clean now a­ bunch of­ politics. Thank you guys hope you understand­ my­ sentiment...

This Force India entry should be invalid as it was­ lodged after the closing date for entries!