All F1 teams signed new Concorde Agreement - FOTA

 All F1 teams signed new Concorde Agreement - FOTA
FOTA fan with Max Mosley, British Grand Prix 21.06.2009 / Copyright: Parker / xpb

Four days after the FIA's similar announcement, the formula one teams association FOTA on Wednesday confirmed the signing of a new Concorde Agreement.

FOTA, although not officially representing Williams and Force India, said in a statement that every team except BMW has signed the document that binds them with the FIA and the commercial rights holder.

The commercial and regulatory agreement also guarantees "the teams' participation until the end of the 2012 season", read the statement.

It was also confirmed that "all formula one teams" have signed up for the voluntary cost regulation agreement, which replaces Max Mosley's controversial desire for cost caps because it will reduce spending to "early 1990s" levels by other means.

"FOTA's attention will now turn to other issues we believe to be in the long term interest of F1: racing at the best tracks, in front of the biggest audiences and expanding F1's reach," the statement concluded.

 

Source: GMM

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 vertigobike vertigobike
... then all those threats FOTA made about abandoning F1 and creating their own Formula "X" went down the drain... that´s sad :-( Obrigado
August 5, 2009 8:13 pm
 eme7 eme7
nice fota...mosley sucks XD the girl could be prety at least to be on the pic jajaja
August 5, 2009 8:41 pm
 wcf76 wcf76
Voluntary cost reduction! what a joke. Only reason Ferrari / Mclaren can make late comeback this season is due to $$$. Hows that for innovation, oh our design sucks let go back to the drawing board. BMW is gone, Honda / Renault come and go as they please. Go Red Bull, Williams and Brawn and Bring back Sauber and Jordan and let the car makers bar Ferrari go back to making cars. In saying that I recognise Mosley is the problem not the FIA.
August 5, 2009 11:07 pm
 Targa_Florio Targa_Florio
Totally stupid combined with testing ban: it probably costs more to manufacturers to design parts and produce them in small quantities without even testing them before racing to ditch them afterwards, than testing and validating them.
August 6, 2009 12:01 pm