Seems like the FIA are out to smash FOTA; they see them­ as too much of a threat. Yes, it is about time the fans­ stood up to be counted and F1 was returned to the­ ideals of it's founders, not the dictates of the­ "governing body".
On the Yahoo F1 message­ boards there is a thread called Petition, if you are­ serious about no more draconian intervention from Max­ and Co, follow the link and see what it says; some of­ you may even decide to sign it.

Russell P, the problem is there is NO money. All the­ car companies are making major loses. See my posting­ no.6. When you see the likes of Toyota, BMW and­ Mercedes making loses and unions telling their bosses­ to pull the plug on F1 you know you have a problem. If­ F1 is a that forefront on car technology then lets see­ if they can push this technology to a new level with­ out spend a 100 million, but only spending 40 Million. ­ Which of the teams is going to try technology like­ Hydrogen? We all know electric cars is not the way­ forward, so who is going to have the balls to try it?

i always thought that F1
was the forefront of design­ and innovation of new concepts that filter down to cars­ we drive on the road
for example if it was not for F1­ when would road cars have got paddle gear­ change
traction control the list is endless over the­ last decades
take away the ability (money) to test­ such new designs in the world of F1 and then what­ ???
its got to have a knock on effect
I DO NOT GET­ THIS CAP RUBBISH AS FOR A TWO TIER GRID WE ALREADY­ HAVE IT ITS CALLED F1 THEN F2
AND SO ON DOWN TO RACING­ A BANGER IN STOCK CAR
if a manufacturer has the cash­ to spend let them if they have not they cannot simple­
look a Subaru highly successful in rally and sell­ road cars because of it BUT HAVE RALLY CARS GOT­ TECHNOLOGY FROM F1
I KNOW SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE­ ABOUT THE COST
BUT IN THE END MONEY MAKES THE WORLD­ GO ROUND
WHAT IS NEEDED IN F1 IS 15 TEAMS WITH­ BOTTOMLESS POCKETS THERE HAS TO BE 15 COMPANY'S IN­ THE WORLD THAT CAN AFFORD IT (LOOK AT MAN CITY BERNIE­ THE OWNERS WOULD PAY 100MILLION FOR ONE PLAYER WHO­ COULD GET INJURED AND NOT PLAY FOR MONTHS)
40 MILLION­ CAP... MANY FOOTBALL TEAMS RUN HIGHER BUDGETS

It is clear that it is time that the governance of the­ sport be put into new hands. Without criticism of what­ has gone before - it's just simply just time to­ take a step into the realities of 2010 and beyond.. How­ about Sir Richard Branson heading up a corporation of­ eclectic interests, owning and managing both commercial­ rights for the sport and acting as its governing body? ­ Its charter would be to run, for a profit (maybe Carlos­ Gohsn could help here), the ultimate in public events­ providing the best the world has to offer in relevant­ automotive technology development, advertising­ opportunities, exhibition of sporting skills and­ entertainment. The corporation would have­ representation from manufacturers, commercial teams,­ energy companies - you name it. I could see our sport­ thriving and growing under this scenario.

sdcharger F1 cannot survive with what Mad max and­ bugger bernie want to do to F1 it will create two­ tiers. spend 40M and garanteed 2-3 seconds faster than­ teams who spend more. So i hear people say well if you­ can go faster for less why not. Because the teams lose­ the oe thing manufacturers want and need the ability to­ show their development and inovation skills both of­ which translate to great marketing assets. As soon as­ they manage to bring in a 40M cap they will then want­ to reduce the amounts that are awarded in prizes after­ all why give Ferrari 80M when it only costs 40M to race­ for the year. It will be the same for all teams bernie­ and max just see it as a great way to keep even more­ money while reducing F1 from the pinicle of motorsport­ to a fomula racing series. there are enough formula­ racing series and we all know how popular they are­ anyone watch A1?

listen up everyone, its time we all stopped venting on­ yahoo and sent our messages as fans to the FIA. If we­ all said we were going to switch off and support­ something else, and the teams all said they were going­ to walk away, then Mad Max And Bernie Bling would have­ to change. Lets try that.............. Its called power­ of the people

Surely this will also drive away major sponsors, if u­ can afford to back teams who run well into the £300­ million mark then you sure as hell can afford £40­ million which could lead to single sponsors of a team,­ why share when you could have your logos alone on a­ car, and with limited space where would other major­ sponsors go who couldn't buy space?

Another one bites the dust. Why is there a budget­ squeeze , because Bernie and Max want more money, There­ money grabbing has ruined F1.
Wake up teams.
if you all­ say no then they wil listen otherwise you will have no­ sponsors anyway,

This sport needs to serve many, significantly the­ manufacturers who participate to sell more cars. They­ seek to do this by demonstrating superiority in­ engineerng, development of new technologies and by­ cultivating brand loyalty as creatively as they can. F1­ is not a spec race series, nor should it be. If the­ manufacturers can't get this opportunity to their­ satisfaction, they can't justify their­ participation to shareholders - they won't even­ try. They need a bigger say in the 'formula'­ and the rules. Cost control is best implemented via­ the formula, not by arbitrary caps set by an­ independent governing body. If this means we need a­ new series with new governance and management - so be­ it.

Toyota have barely made the biggest splash, and as this­ move is being suggested to encourage more privateer­ teams into the sport, so long as they are replaced by­ a few new teams, who really cares?

Teams like jordan­ and minardi could not survive in the sport these days,­ which has simply become a corporate budget shoot-out -­ if you have to live on your sponsorship and prize money­ (ie by the quality of your performance), as opposed to­ the sales of toyota hatchbacks, fiat tractors or soft­ drinks, you are screwed.

More teams, closer­ performance, better racing = good.

If Toyota can't make a formula one team work, what­ are the prospects for the smaller manufacturers? I­ hope Truli and Glock can make the best of this race in­ Barcelona and the rest of the season. I fear that if­ the teams break away, they will have a Europe only race­ series. With restricted budgets and road trips to the­ European tracks only. The fly away races might be left­ to Bernie and his ego. Hopefully all parties can come­ to an agreement, but this looks ominous.

It would make no difference if the teams break away­ from F1. Toyota are screwed they have made a 3.3­ Billion euro loss, BMW have made 128 Million loss. The­ people at the top of these companies are now worried­ about their companies folding. So do you think they­ are now interested in throwing Millions at F1 or at any­ other kind of series. Mercedes are having problems with­ their union workers. The unions want Mercedes to pull­ out of F1. For the Ferrari fans, their owners FIAT are­ interested in buying into to Chrysler and Opel. So do­ you think a company that is looking to buy into 2­ companies is looking at throwing Millions of euros into­ F1? The only way to keep the owners of these teams­ interested is setting a budget. The teams do not like­ it, but if the owners say differently then they will­ have to obey.

as always, it needs a Japanese "base" to do­ something like this. Lackeys like Briatore and­ Montezemolo talk the talk but don`t walk the walk.
What­ a joke Formula One is becoming.

I would dearly love to see the teams break away from­ FOM AND FIA or at least reinvent FIA.
Unfortunately­ they had the chance and could not all agree; as usual­ Ferrari and Briatore were Bernies buddies, and I­ suspect his “Provocateurs” in the team camp.
Bernie CAN­ NOT and DOES NOT own the rights to the names FI or­ Formula One.
He does own the rights to Formula One­ Management and FOM, which are both tainted by his­ presence.
So a new F1/Formula One could indeed be­ formed.
What we don’t know is; how he has rigged the­ contracts he had the teams sign a couple of years back;­ because Ferrari held out for their “80 million pieces­ of silver”. - Remember?

F1 cannot survive without some sort of budget cap. In a­ few years, there will only be 4 or 5 big manufacturer­ teams on the grid, with the smaller teams financially­ out of business. If Toyota and even Ferrari believe­ that they connot be competitive on a level playing­ field, they do indeed need to go and leave the racing­ to those that want to actually earn a championship, not­ buy none.

FOTA have the teams, the tracks don't race the­ cars do, so FOTA should bit the bullit and break away­ from Bernie. We will all follow them it does not matter­ what the Top GP is called as long as we and the teams­ have the sport that we love, and, do not let Bernie and­ Max take it by the neck and wring the life out of it.­
They are two Men, rich Men, they will survive without­ F1!

Hardly an incentive for the big teams with Toyota­ coming on song now.