F1 breakaway schedule leaked

Eurosport - Tue, 23 Jun 11:57:00 2009

A blueprint calendar for the Formula One Teams' Association's new breakaway series in 2010 has been leaked - with no fewer than 10 current or recent grand prix circuits listed amongst the 17 venues.

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FOTA are at loggerheads with FIA president Max Mosley over regulations for the 2010 season, and the appearance of a schedule for the new series undermines Mosley's claim that the teams are merely "posturing" and that a resolution to the dispute is "very, very close."

Current F1 venues Monaco, Silverstone, Monza, Abu Dhabi and Singapore are all on the list of venues, while the recently discarded Imola, Montreal, Indianapolis, Magny-Cours and Suzuka are part of the draft plan.

There is also a mooted return to Jerez, the southern Spanish track that fell out of favour with F1 when the town's mayor appeared on the podium and presented a trophy that should have been given out by a dignitary from Daimler-Benz.

There is also a potential return to Adelaide, the popular home of Australian Grand Prix until 1996, when rival Melbourne took over.

"Not surprisingly Adelaide has been included because it was very, very popular when it had Formula 1," said racing consultant Mike Drewer.

"But it's a bit like trying to work out who might be the members of a cabinet if there was a change in government."

There is no race in Brazil, but Argentina and Mexico are both on the list.

In Europe, meanwhile, there is the addition of the state-of-the-art Portimao track in Portugal, which opened in 2008 and has hosted testing as well as World Superbike races.

Surfers' Paradise - which has hosted Champ Cars, IndyCars and V8s - has been nominated as a reserve venue should any of the others not be up to the grade.

F1 commercial rights-holder Ecclestone has poured cold water on the FOTA plans, claiming dissenting teams do not possess sufficient financial backing to organise their own championship.

Provisional FOTA 2010 schedule:

March 3 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Last hosted F1 in 1998

March21 - Mexico City, Mexico - Last hosted F1 in 1992

April 11 - Jerez, Spain - Last hosted F1 in 1997

April 25 - Portimao, Portugal - Never hosted F1

May 2 - Imola, San Marino - Last hosted F1 in 2006

May23 - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Current F1 host

June 6 - Montreal, Canada - Last hosted F1 in 2008

June 13 - Indianapolis, United States - Last hosted F1 in 2007

July 1 - Silverstone, United Kingdom - Current F1 host

July 25 - Magny-Cours, France - Last hosted F1 in 2008

August 15 - Laustizring, Germany - Never hosted F1

August 29 - Helsinki, Finland - Never hosted F1

September 12 - Monza, Italy - Current F1 host

September 26 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Current F1 host

October 10 - Marina Bay, Singapore - Current F1 host

October 24 - Suzuka, Japan - Last hosted F1 in 2006

November 8 - Adelaide or Surfers' Paradise, Australia - Last hosted F1 in 1995/Never hosted F1

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    mr hamiltons son say he stay with­­ mclaren men for­­­ life. that nice for him but what do­­ mclaren men­ say?­­ you see mclaren is now german owned.­­ the­ parent­­ company is the mercedes benz which is the­­­ german.­ the­ engine is the german engine. everything­­­ about­ the­ team is the german. mr hamiltons son now­ the­­­ swiss­ gentleman he eat much cheese and sings in­ the­­­ morning­ at mountains. mr hamiltons father is­ also­ now­­ the­ swiss man. in fact there nothing­ british­ about­ this­­ team at all. even the man who­ tidy up the­ garage­­ after­ the race has moved to­ switzerland with­ his­­ mother.­ switzerland is owned­ by the german. my­­ friends­ the­ whole team is GERMAN­ - and guess what -­­ so is mr­ glock.­ now you see why­ the time stand still­­ for mr­ glock on­ the last lap.­ like he in the time­­ warp. not­ even the­ people­ abducted by the alien lose­­ the amount­ of time he­­ lost on that last lap. IT IS A­­ DISGRACE!!!­ ANOTHER­­ CHEATIN YEAR IN 2009 FROUM­­ MCLAREN AND CHEATIN­­ BASHIN­ MR HAMILTONS SON ....mr a­­ hamilton asun the­ bigger a cheat

    From , on Wed 24 Jun 8:01AM
  2. What about Malaysia???

    From First L, on Wed 24 Jun 6:58AM
  3. Great FOTA go guys you know what it take to develope­ exciting F1 racing cars that what we all want to see.­ F... with Max and Bernie, let them mess FIA, and the­ others will come running to FOTA.

    From Kevin M, on Wed 24 Jun 6:25AM
  4. they forgot sepang...

    From Aniki T, on Wed 24 Jun 5:30AM
  5. Jeanette Bolan... Please don't display your­ picture, it scares the hell outta my kids!
    Me too­ actually!!

    From Walking quiet, on Wed 24 Jun 5:08AM
  6. When open-wheel racing in the USA split into CART and­ Indy Cars, I said ``A pox on both their­ houses.'' And thus it happened. Even now the­ reunited series is virtually irrelevant. But I love­ F1 too much to do that this time. Bernie & Max­ have to go. Sorry guys, you've ridden your high­ horses for way too long. There's Zero Chance you­ survive this time around unless you want to start a­ karting series. So FOTA, please let me know when tix­ go on sale for Montreal & Indy.

    From wgriff25, on Wed 24 Jun 2:13AM
  7. Sounds good to me - I'll be at 2 of them - Canada­ and USA!
    It was a disgrace that Bernie didn't even­ have one of them this year.
    I hope the FOTA teams break­ away - we'll follow them for sure.
    Max and Bernie­ will be able to lick their wounds and they'll have­ plenty of time to wonder about just how bad they­ screwed it all up for themselves.

    From archer.neil, on Wed 24 Jun 1:45AM
  8. This is fantastic, albeit a shame as the two grumpy old­ men seem to think they are F1. But name the series­ anything you like and I will support it 100% with­ return of the great venues and bringing it to the USA­ this is long overdue in my opinion. I would like to see­ the rules changes, one I hope is to get the tire­ manufacturers involved again and drop the must run two­ tire types during a race.

    From David, on Wed 24 Jun 12:55AM
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    The way i see it mr hamiltons son and button are both­­ British yet button doesnt seem to command or gain the­­ amount of respect that mr hamiltons son used to­ recieve­ when all was well. Could Button say is it­ cause i is­ White....and paid some Tax before i fled­ the island­ that Fed me,,,mr hamiltons son and mr­ hamiltons Father­ could not get away quick enough.

    From Bernard, on Tue 23 Jun 11:25PM
  10. I’m thrilled at the prospect of a new series. The­ level of control that Max and Bernie have simply should­ not exist in the hands of any two people.
    FOTA; please,­ PLEASE do not back down. There is finally a light at­ the end of the tunnel. You would do we fans a great­ disservice if you were now to bow down to Max and­ Bernie. Yes, there will be legal battles, likely to go­ on for years, but the rewards would be great - a series­ with open governance, and in the hands of the teams­ where it belongs.
    I am cheering for FOTA to form a­ new series. The TV coverage would likely cover both­ series for the first year, but my guess is that within­ a year or two, F1 would become a feeder series for the­ new FOTA series.

    From hjpj46, on Tue 23 Jun 11:11PM
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    a max a mosley a just like a muppet a gordon brown­­­­ willa run a F1 into the a ground before hea leave a­­­­ like brown a done toa britain mistake after a­ mistake­­­ anda lies a after a lies but a still hea­ will a nota­­­ GO..me a also stilla not a sure a who­ the a uglyier a­­ me a potter ora stunning a jeanette

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 11:04PM
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    a max a mosley a just like a muppet a gordon brown­­­­ willa run a F1 into the a ground before hea leave a­­­­ like brown a done toa britain mistake after a­ mistake­­­ anda lies a after a lies but a still hea­ will a nota­­­ GO..me a also stilla not a sure a who­ the a uglyier a­­ me a potter ora stunning a jeanette

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 11:04PM
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    mr hamiltons son say he stay with­­ mclaren men for­­ life. that nice for him but what do­­ mclaren men say?­­ you see mclaren is now german owned.­­ the parent­­ company is the mercedes benz which is the­­ german.­ the­ engine is the german engine. everything­­ about­ the­ team is the german. mr hamiltons son now the­­­ swiss­ gentleman he eat much cheese and sings in the­­­ morning­ at mountains. mr hamiltons father is also­ now­­ the­ swiss man. in fact there nothing british­ about­ this­­ team at all. even the man who tidy up the­ garage­­ after­ the race has moved to switzerland with­ his­­ mother.­ switzerland is owned by the german. my­­ friends­ the­ whole team is GERMAN - and guess what -­­ so is mr­ glock.­ now you see why the time stand still­­ for mr­ glock on­ the last lap. like he in the time­­ warp. not­ even the­ people abducted by the alien lose­­ the amount­ of time he­ lost on that last lap. IT IS A­­ DISGRACE!!!­ ANOTHER­ CHEATIN YEAR IN 2009 FROUM­­ MCLAREN AND CHEATIN­ BASHIN­ MR HAMILTONS SON ....m.r­ a­ hamilton asun the bigger a cheat

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 11:03PM
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    A question often asked of me is why don't I write­­ some new posts and not just post the same old Potter,­­ Bernard, Marion and Marnio posts? Its a good question­­ and I suppose the

    answer is that I am a sad old­ woman­ who has nothing better to do and not only but­ these posts take me­ days to write because I am so­ stupid. When I post them­ you lot unkindly

    thumb them­ down so I have to keep re-posting­ them, its all I have­ left in life.

    From Jeanette 'No Mates' Bolan, on Tue 23 Jun 10:48PM
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    i must admit after reading some of these posts Touron­­ does have a point.
    Why did glok slow down so much in­­ the last lap..
    Why was glok driving on the wet side­ of­ the track in the last few remaining bends allowing­­ hamilton to take the inside DRY line to victory.­­
    HHHmmmmmm.....seems a little suspicious to me...Can­­ anyone enlighten me as to why Glok lost so much time­ on­ the Last Lap it was if he was abducted by the­ ALIENS­
    Whats it all about..
    Why cant this question­ be­ answered especially by mclaren fans and especially­ by­ Doughnut Ray $%^&...
    Why has the evidence­ ie..the­ last lap of the brazilian GB especially the­ last few­ corners been removed from You Tube..
    Why do­ Mclaren­ fans keep running away from this question and­ the­ Truth..
    people keep saying wait till jeremey­ clarkson­ show..all will be revealed...
    i mean­ considering glok­ was on slick tyres why was he driving­ right in the wet­ line of the track on the last few­ corners..everyone­ keeps saying they are surprised he­ finished at all­ considering the conditions...Various­ posts state it was­ like an ice rink...
    So why was­ Glok driving in the WET­ on SLICKS on the WET LINE NOT/­ THE DRY LINE on the last­ few bends....please tell im­ waiting and have been all­ Day and probably will be for­ a long time yet.­­
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    ps...for the record any driver who­­ won the title in 2008 was going to inherit a phoney­­ crown After the season weve had,,,HOLD YOUR HEADS IN­­ SHAME MCLAREN FOR ANOTHER CHEATING YEAR IN 2009 AS IM­­ SURE YOU WILL!!!......and you didnt disappoint did­ you...

    From Bernard, on Tue 23 Jun 10:44PM
  16. potter you need help

    From Gman, on Tue 23 Jun 10:40PM
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    The way i see it mr hamiltons son and button are both­ British yet button doesnt seem to command or gain the­ amount of respect that mr hamiltons son used to recieve­ when all was well. Could Button say is it cause i is­ White....and paid some Tax before i fled the island­ that Fed me,,,mr hamiltons son and mr hamiltons Father­ could not get away quick enough.

    From Bernard, on Tue 23 Jun 10:33PM
  18. Just do one Mosley and get lost you dirty Nazi sh@t.

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 10:02PM
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    a max a mosley a just like a muppet a gordon brown­­ willa run a F1 into the a ground before hea leave a­­ like brown a done toa britain mistake after a mistake­­ anda lies a after a lies but a still hea will a nota­­ GO..me a also stilla not a sure a who the a uglyier a­ me a potter ora stunning a jeanette

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 9:59PM
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    a max a mosley a just like a muppet a gordon brown­­ willa run a F1 into the a ground before hea leave a­­ like brown a done toa britain mistake after a mistake­­ anda lies a after a lies but a still hea will a nota­­ GO..me a also stilla not a sure a who the a uglyier a­ me a potter ora stunning a jeanette

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 9:59PM
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