FOTA Disbanded due to lack of cash

[onyx39]

just seen this on a tweet from F1 times that FOTA has been disbanded.. will this have an impact on F1 do we think?

[Panda76]

Ted kravitz was talking about this on last nights notebook ( sky f1 ) and he said not all of the teams could come to an agreement to harmonise spending, and work together so they choose not to be a part of fota. Hence fota now being dissolved. In a nutshell.

[RicksAlfas]

He was saying it was FOTA that organised fairly fundamental things like the test days!
Given there is a restriction on testing who is going to do that now?

I despair with the teams really. You can't believe there isn't some basic common ground which they could all work from.

[onyx39]

I don't get how the FOTA actually costs very much. Surely hold the meetings at race weekends at one of the team motorhomes? Or am I missing something?

[woof]

onyx39 said:

I don't get how the FOTA actually costs very much. Surely hold the meetings at race weekends at one of the team motorhomes? Or am I missing something?

plenty of lawyer and legal fees

[FourWheelDrift]

onyx39 said:

I don't get how the FOTA actually costs very much. Surely hold the meetings at race weekends at one of the team motorhomes? Or am I missing something?

Biscuits and lemon squash isn't cheap.

[Munter]

FourWheelDrift said:

Biscuits and lemon squash isn't cheap.

Well there's the problem. Lemon squash. Nobody is going to agree on that. For a start Red Bull required the drink to be theirs, then renault and Burn threw a hissy fit, the ferrari chaps wanted proper coffee, and caterham wanted tea.

Don't get started on the food...

[Scuffers]

the attitude of the teams is just dumb at times,

they bh on about this and that, yet never get their collective acts together to sort it out, then wonder why berni runs rings round them...

[onemorelap]

Munter said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Biscuits and lemon squash isn't cheap.

Well there's the problem. Lemon squash. Nobody is going to agree on that. For a start Red Bull required the drink to be theirs, then renault and Burn threw a hissy fit, the ferrari chaps wanted proper coffee, and caterham wanted tea.

Don't get started on the food...

Renault will get the contract for the supply of lemons.........

[Derek Smith]

onemorelap said:

Renault will get the contract for the supply of lemons.........

Excellent. Thanks for that.

Scuffers said:

the attitude of the teams is just dumb at times,

they bh on about this and that, yet never get their collective acts together to sort it out, then wonder why berni runs rings round them...

The answer is that they are not all in it together. Once Ferrari were offered a bonus, and they accepted it, FOTA was doomed. If one team sees itself as a cut above the rest then there is no hope for the others.

[onemorelap]

Derek Smith said:

onemorelap said:

Renault will get the contract for the supply of lemons.........

Excellent. Thanks for that.

A pleasure, just being cordial..........

[Mojocvh]

Panda76 said:

Ted kravitz

Who?

[DuckAvenger]

Derek Smith said:

The answer is that they are not all in it together. Once Ferrari were offered a bonus, and they accepted it, FOTA was doomed. If one team sees itself as a cut above the rest then there is no hope for the others.

Please, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One_Teams_Ass...

[Manicminer]

Mojocvh said:

Panda76 said:

Ted kravitz

Who?

Chap has been a reporter on F1 in the uk for about a dozen years. Mostly does short bits from the pit lane.

Was on ITV then BBC now Sky.