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.
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
What about Malaysia???
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.
they forgot sepang...
Jeanette Bolan... Please don't display your picture, it scares the hell outta my kids!
Me too actually!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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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potter you need help
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.
Just do one Mosley and get lost you dirty Nazi sh@t.
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
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
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