FORMULA 1 Live

Bernie looks absolutely lost and Max looks as if he­ isn't aware of anything of importance happening. ­ Ron Dennis is demanding why Bernie allowed it to get­ this far. Brawn appears to be well on his way to where­ he has a future.

Screwed up? Yes, and Bernie really­ was too arrogant to believe that FOTA had the horses to­ go out and get it done on their own. When I saw that­ Ferrari were in FOTA and actually exercising leadership­ I knew that Max had lost. No one is going to go­ against Ferrari and the other manufacturers.

As much­ as the FIA would like to have it appear that all they­ are is an international group that seeks to improve the­ plight of automobile owners and enthusiast clubs,­ national manufacturers have a great deal to say about­ how their national clubs are run if the manufacturers­ are seriously engaged in racing in any way. To say­ that Porsche has no interest, and/or say in the affairs­ of the ADAC would be illogical and uninformed. Not­ only is this influence political, it is financial. BMW­ and Mercedes could very well inform the ADAC that they­ are not happy with what the FIA is doing and as a­ result will be significantly reducing their financial­ contribution. Don't you think that that has an­ influence on how loyal the ADAC is to Mosley? If the­ clubs from the countries holding race dates, and the­ clubs from the countries from which teams are located­ suddenly removed their backing for any of this legal­ action, Max would be left with nothing in his hands. I­ hope to God this happens soon.

Factory forever.........tech forever.

Factory forever

There could be a case for two championships - the new­ "big 8" based on the first choice Euro and US­ circuits and the remaining two plus new contenders­ based on some Euro and US circuits and the more recent­ "Eastern" tracks.- even a two teams up and­ two teams down each year system not unlike the Football­ Leage way of doing things? Bruce