It's partly overcrowding of facilities and partly­ inter-team politics. For a new team to join there needs­ to be 100% agreement from the existing teams and it is­ very unlikely that Williams would agree. With the new­ points system it is more likely that some of the new­ teams will score points & points mean the teams get­ a share of the money.

@Ferraribeng #46

Thanks for responding, and you have a­ valid point. Under current rules, the FIA have granted­ USF1 and Campos a 3 race extension of time, fair­ enough.

Stefan GP are up and ready to race, and to­ prove their commitment have already sent ahead a­ container of equipment to the Bahrain GP venue -­ it's a shame really. I'm just wondering why­ the FIA cannot accommodate an extra team? I'm­ guessing here; could it be due to insufficient garage­ facilities at the GP venues?

I did not expect this so soon!, but Jean Todt's­ decision on the new teams appears to be a very good­ sign that he is aware of the pressure's on the new­ teams!! Being one of Maxs' 'buddies', I­ expected the same old autocratic B/S! Now the teams­ know that if
their NOT ready by the 4th race of the­ seasoon, their probably 'history!
If he can keep­ that kind of attitude for the rest of his term, I think­ he will have impressed a lot of people!

#3: Kleban
The problem is this.
If Campos and USF1 has­ been granted the first 3 race of absense and Stefan GP­ raced the 3 races.

What happen to them on 4th when­ Campos and USF1 turn out?

Should Stefan step aside for­ them?

If they have to step aside, what a shame it will­ be for that to happen. Maybe Stefan only want to run­ some races as a preparation for 2011. Again, is there­ any free slot by then?

Hey Lee at least you don't have to speak GERMAN,­ you can thank the YANKS for that. Remember the 18th­ century, spanked you pretty bad then. Back to F-1, if­ possible.......Mrrat1SSJ

errr what was the quote from USF1 OH YES GOD DAMM­ WE IS READY TO RACE AND WIN
well firstly you need a­ car..then a couple of GOOD DRIVERS and to get onto the­ track on time in BAHRAIN EH YANKS!!!!
yet another­ BERNIE N MAX BODGE JOB...DAVE RICHARDS MUST BE PULLING­ THE LAST OF HIS HAIR OUT BY NOW....
DISGRACEFUL TEAMS­ aboslute disgraceful

Ellie:
Sorry. I guess I boogered it all­ up!
You're right. Celts, not Druids (!)
Angles (not­ Anglos) came from about the same region of Germany as­ the Saxons. And are considered the origin of the term­ "English".
Oh, and I went and forgot the­ Normans, who are the French in your make-up, of­ course.
And we Americans are of course hugely of­ "British" origin still.
And besides,­ everybody knows that mutts are the best dogs,­ Right?
.....
Apologies from Vermont

I agree with Kleban. If the other teams weren't­ going be ready by the start of the season, why in hell­ did they even bother to try to be a part of the F1­ season??! I hope Stepfan GP gets a chance; they sure­ as hell deserve it.

And for the record, I'm an­ American! I'm just pissed that USF1 isn't­ what I'd hoped. I wanted to see the team from the­ first race, not the fourth race!!

All those new teams were so cocky few months ago when­ they applied for the entry in formula one. Peter­ Windsor was so over himself on Speed TV. Same with­ Campos. They both want to be ultra nationalist by­ playing their "country card". "All­ American" with US F1 and "All Brazilian"­ with Campos F1. Well, guys, it looks like it­ doesn't work.

hey Major D you missed out the Celts :-) (p.s. the­ druids were not a race) (p.p.s. It is Angles not­ Anglos) (p.p.p.s. don't think they were French­ either) (p.p.p.p.s. Brit Saxons were differnt from­ German ones if memory servies) and I have great teeth,­ the dentist said they were the best money could buy !!­ :-) :-)

Forget the teams that aren't ready and i say why­ not give Stefan GP a slot, if they're ready. They­ seem to be showin more i nterest and progress as­ compared to a few new teams!

Come on!!! What is this? This is F1, not some kind of­­ third string racing event. Get rid of those new looser­­ teams. They are going to be a minimum of 5 seconds off­­ the pace anyway. It is a joke. US F1 can't event­­ afford to go to Europe for testing. They test in­­ ALABAMA. Who the hell knows where is ALABAMA? The­­ country of eggs, poultry and catles (Wikipedia­ reference, not mine). Are you kinding­ me? And Campos?­ Who the hell knows what they are doing?­ When you have­ Piquet Jr. name once attached to your­ team, well, you­ should just be ashamed of yourself.­ This formula is­ getting real boring.

Personally I think that the rules should be that if any­ team can't make the first test of the year then­ their place should be forfeited.
But that's not­ what the rules read.
If the rules say three races can­ be missed, then that's what it can be.
.....
As for­ Yank-bashing:
I could go on about British/American­ history at lenth, but I won't.
Yank-bashing just­ reveals the insecurity of the poster, irregardless of­ their nationality.
Besides, "British" is­ actually what? Druids (mostly wiped-out), Vikings­ (Scandanavian), Romans (Italian), Saxons (German),­ Anglos (French), and more recently those from all over­ the (former) British Empire.
So don't be so eager­ to throw stones.
Besides, we Americans love you­ Brits....
Bad teeth and all.
.....
Cheers from Vermont

JB 55 you are right, matters of rules for the sport are­ those belonging to FIA and not to F1 commercial stuff­ that Ecclescake is responsible for. If Toady wants to­ establish his position as a serious head of the FIA­ then he needs to tell Eccles when to keep his mouth­ firmly closed. After all who gets there and what­ happens should be the FIA. TRouble is teh moeny in this­ one talks