Di Montezemolo: ‘we are all together’ *UPDATE*
May 22, 2009 by Negative Camber
Filed under Top Story
Emerging from Flavio Briatore’s super yacht (Force Blue), Luca di Montezemolo has announced that all the teams are united and that they are solidly in league with each other in FOTA. Luca, who was absent during last weeks FIA/Ferrari meeting was back at the helm to gather FOTA members together and get the association back on level ground and with one consistent message. The last week has seen some wavering from certain FOTA members regarding the May 29th application deadline established by the FIA for entry in the 2010 F1 season but it seems that Luca has re-focused the group and now will present a unified message to the FIA.
“As always there’s been a very good meeting, with a very good atmosphere and we are all together,” said di Montezemolo.
“We are all together and we will be in a position to go to the president of the FIA saying very constructively and in a very clear way the position of FOTA.”
Will a deal be made before the teams walk out on F1? “We will see. It is important that our view of the future is absolutely shared.”
UPDATE:
After three hours of talking, the FIA and FOTA have failed to reach an agreement. Luca di Montezemolo said:
“It was a long and constructive meeting,” he said. “FOTA will have another meeting tomorrow, and then there will be another meeting with Mosley.
“What we want is that Formula 1 stays as Formula 1, that it doesn’t become something different and go towards constant changes which confuse the public and all the others, that there should be stability and that we work over the next two years to arrive at a way of further reducing costs.”
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This is good news! If it is actually true, that the teams will face down the FIA as a group and perhaps create a new series if the dispute can’t be resolved. As much as I would like some new blood in F1 we can’t have F1 without Ferrari, Red Bull, etc. There must be another step down in costs that can be agreed on without destroying F1 as it is.
“We can’t have F1 without…” Red Bull? What about Williams or McLaren!? The Red Bulls are now part of the big show, but… come on!
FOTA will see Heir Max on the 29th. They will submit their proposal “again”. Heir Max will stand firm on his decision.
Then we will see who REALLY stays and who goes.
Even though I do not believe that FOTA is “united”, I say Williams, BMW, FI, Brawn and McMerc will stay in F1. And the rest will go somewhere else.
Yeah, I am not sure how Williams could go from their statement earlier this week to a unified front for FOTA including sentiment for Ferrari. Who knows?
Evolution /revolution is upon F1
Would be nice and might help if Max/Bern step aside.
http://www.tfot.info/news/1094/some-people-never-learn.html
When it ends up in court again! the genetic defect defense will be put up.
they can’t be held responsible because…….
Luca must of performed a Jedi mind trick on the team bosses.
When they go the FIA, Heir Max would say, “Your Jedi minds tricks don’t work me, Luca!”. Luca is sent to his fate to meet the all-powerful Sarlac. Ho Ho Ho.
Luca is then sent through a trap door down to a secret room below FIA headquarters when he meets the Sarlac where he digested over a thousand years.
Why not? Who doesn’t like Italian food?
Luca at this point is a pawn. Sergio is the dark force.
We may be nerds by these references. Hard to admit. But Ferrari’s financial future is not up to Luca. Maybe the new owner?
“Forza Azzurri” = “Force Blue” = FB = Flavio Briatore. Clever (in an egomaniacal way).
Seems like the players may be coming to their senses. Perhaps the spectre of losing the excesses of the Monaco GP is bringing things into focus.
Are you suggesting The Flav might takeover Big Red.
That would be special!
I am saying they might be up for grabs.
Flav getting it would if nothing else be very entertaining.
It would be nice to see Mr.E/Mosley/dark Ferrari out of F1. The latter at least for 1 year. Equallity if what FOTA need to most and certainly the alliance FIA-Ferrari caused a lot of damage to the sport.
On the ITV F1 website you can see a zoomed picture of the FOTA’s meeting at Flav’s yatch: why on Earth Mr.E is being part of the meeting? that’s one of the reasons why the teams won’t never reach a unanimous decision against FIA and Herr Mosley…. This is really bad….bad dude
There are moments where I would like to speak like the hockey player I should have been. But we don’t do that here.
” Flav’s yatch” someone should kick him there.
No offense intended just ha ha
I wonder if Ferrari had to give something back to the other teams (FiFi, Williams, Macca) to get them on the same page.
Official figures from FOM (Formula One Management), show Formula One television broadcasts are witnessed on average 58 billion times per season.[From Wiki WoW.
an average of about 55 million people worldwide watching the Grand Prix weekend coverage Bernie can give back and show the books!
I am a fan for many years I still found some good facts here I was not aware of. Good on Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One
Once again proving I know virtually nothing